by Kath Walters | Apr 3, 2024 | Writing
Perfectionism gets a bad rap—after all, I don’t want the pilot for my next flight to be anything short of perfect. But seriously, what I really love about the perfectionists is that they are so respectful of other people that they don’t want to inflict a...
by Kath Walters | Mar 27, 2024 | Writing
A ferocious dog was hauling me forward, and my daughter was next to me yelling “It’s not a dog, Mum, it’s a tiger!!!” “It’s definitely a dog, sweetie—it’s a poodle,” I yelled, as I struggled to hang on. That was me and my fellow performer, Sass, on stage on...
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,...
