Woollahra Writers' Festival - 21 November 2009

The Woollahra Writers' Festival was a great success and lots of copies of 'Putting pen to paper' (Green Olive Press, November 2009) were sold.

Charlotte Wood gave a presentation called 'The Heart of the Matter: 10 ways to bring your writing to life'. Her top ten tips were:

1. Earn your adjectives
2. Put your verbs to work
3. Use things
4. Read more, and more widely
5. Don't talk too much about what you're doing
6. Listen to criticism - but only when you are ready
7. On second and subsequent drafts, think about shape. Keep it simple
8. Believe. Ask, is this true?
9. Know your own bone
10. Keep digging