by Kath Walters | Mar 6, 2024 | Writing
I’ve committed to “radical honesty”—well almost (see caveat below*). I had a birthday on Saturday. And my big insight?… Radical honesty saves humongous amounts of time. Get to the point. Say what you mean. Because NO time to waste, right? Every birthday, another step...
by Kath Walters | Feb 21, 2024 | Writing
I’m learning improv comedy! (Hilarious, eh). And the way this group–The Improv Conspiracy Theatre – Melbourne—teaches this skill is very tactical. One of the tactics we learned in my first lesson last Tuesday is ‘don’t try to be funny’. Whaaaa? you may exclaim....
by Kath Walters | Nov 1, 2023 | Writing
Of all the SPOOKY ol’ mistaken beliefs about writing (and believe me, there are many) there is one that is a real ghoul (cause it’s Halloween). Around the world, there are so many ghost books sitting unfinished in the top drawer of a would-be author’s desk because of...
by Kath Walters | Oct 4, 2023 | Writing
Is writer’s block a thing? And if it is a thing, what’s the secret to overcoming it? I understand the idea. You sit and stare at a blank page. You cannot write a word. Or, more likely, you write and cross out or delete your words. Everything looks weak, pathetic,...
by Kath Walters | Sep 20, 2023 | Writing
To “updo” or “down-do”, that is the question. What does each hairstyle communicate? One says modern, the other says elegant (perhaps). Whenever I work with authors to develop their book ideas, they face the updo and down-do question … in a different form. Every book...
by Kath Walters | Sep 6, 2023 | Writing
I recently went to buy a round brush for blow-drying my hair (y’all know how I feel about my hair). I’d been watching some YouTube videos – as you do – to improve my technique and realised my round brush was too small. (And, before you ask, you are going to learn...