Roland's Creative Writing Blog

Writing a novel or screenplay doesn’t happen by accident. Just because you are fluent in English doesn’t mean you can just lock yourself in a cabin in the woods for a couple of months, sit down to write and bang out a good story. As author An...

We love hearing from writers who have taken our courses to see where their creative journeys have taken them. We've recently received updates from several former participants and wanted to share their good news. What makes writers succeed is not tal...

Kathleen and I recently conducted a three-hour workshop at the New South Wales State Library as part of the 2012 Sydney Writers’ Festival. It was the third sold out workshop we’ve run at the event.Our goal in the session was to give participants an i...

In fiction, particularly commercial fiction, the most important thing is to keep your reader turning the pages.As the English novelist, E.M. Forster said in his book Aspects of the Novel, a story “…has only one merit: that of making an audience want ...

Writing is very much an art and a craft. Unlocking your creativity and producing strong writing doesn't just happen by accident. You have to learn to access what is deep inside you. Every aspiring writer has a large reservoir of untapped talent. ...

Many people who take our courses are lawyers, investment bankers or other professionals who have always had that itch to do something creative instead of corporate. Matt Sherring was an advertising executive when he first signed up for Unlocking Crea...