Marisa Wikramanayake

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  • A phone with messags on its screen sits on a desk in front of a lit up keyboard
    Blog,  Writing

    7 Important Lessons I Learned About Running Awesome Livestreams

    January 30, 2021 / No Comments

    Marisa Wikramanayake discusses the seven key lessons she learnt from running #writewithme livestreams for three weeks in January 2021.

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    October 11, 2018
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    My top 10 posts in 2016

    January 20, 2017

    Gin & Tonic update #2: I was so wrong! AKA #maricantmath

    February 7, 2019
  • A phone with messags on its screen sits on a desk in front of a lit up keyboard
    Blog,  Freelancing,  Writing

    My 10 Compelling Reasons For Running Youtube Livestreams Right Now

    January 22, 2021 / No Comments

    Mrisa Wikramanayake discusses livestreams and why she wanted to start writing and #writewithme related livestreams on Youtube and Twitch.

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    January 26, 2019

    What is a typical day for a journalist?

    October 16, 2019

    The NYWF-ty List

    October 11, 2018
  • Top down shot of two people sitting across from each other a table having coffee with just their arms and cups in view
    Blog,  Editing,  Freelancing,  Mentoring,  Writing

    10 Important Things You Need To Know About Finding A Mentor

    January 14, 2021 / No Comments

    Marisa Wikramanayake talks about the ten most important things you need to know before finding or getting a mentor and how not to mess it up.

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    My top 10 posts in 2016

    January 20, 2017
    Katherine Susannah Pritchard and her typewriter (c) Marisa Wikramanayake

    Day 4: Freedom to write, freedom for writers

    June 1, 2018

    Where you will find me in October 2018

    October 11, 2018
  • An image of two hands writing in front of a computer screen with a phone on top of papers on a desk
    Blog,  Freelancing,  Journalism

    How to easily track pitches in Google Sheets as a freelance journalist

    January 7, 2021 / No Comments

    Marisa Wikramanayake talks about how to set up a pitch tracker using Google Sheets to track pitches as a freelancer or freelance journalist.

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    Setting goals as a freelance journalist

    October 11, 2019
    A phone with messags on its screen sits on a desk in front of a lit up keyboard

    7 Important Lessons I Learned About Running Awesome Livestreams

    January 30, 2021

    An update on Gin & Tonic

    January 24, 2019
  • Blog,  Freelancing

    What you need to know about freelancing in Australia and COVID-19

    December 31, 2020 / No Comments

    Marisa Wikramanayake discusses the state of freelancing in Australia in the light of COVID-19.

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    Setting goals as a freelance journalist

    October 11, 2019
    The Writers' Cabins at KSP (c) Writers Bloc

    Day 1: Home on my back, home where there is a bed

    May 30, 2018
    I'm blogging this by Jhayne via Flickr (additional text by me)

    My top 10 posts in 2016

    January 20, 2017
  • A photograph of a microphone by Michal Czyz on Unsplash
    Blog

    How my business will change for the better in 2021 and why

    December 17, 2020 / No Comments

    In a lot of ways this year I have been perfectly positioned to do well despite a global pandemic. So maybe this should be a post on how and why I have weathered this storm. I might still write one of those posts. But moving forward, some things are going to change about how I run this business. And all of them have nothing to do with Covid-19. Some of them have been thoughts in the back of my head for years. Some changes are merely to make sure I don’t become too stressed.

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    An update on Gin & Tonic

    January 24, 2019
    My desk in Phillips cabin at the KSP Writers Centre (c) Marisa Wikramanayake

    Day 3: So many emotions

    May 31, 2018
    Top down shot of two people sitting across from each other a table having coffee with just their arms and cups in view

    10 Important Things You Need To Know About Finding A Mentor

    January 14, 2021
  • Blog,  Updates,  Writing

    December 2020: What’s new & what I have been upto

    December 3, 2020 / No Comments

    Well first of all I had had plans for November 2020. I had planned to sit and relax and write more of the book – about 30,000 words extra to be exact. That worked for about a week. I am also involved in various projects in a voluntary capacity where I try to provide some assistance somehow. One of these ended up having a lot of drama and that caused a lot of stress. So I didn’t get to actually have much stress free time to write or do much else. So what else happened in November? I was in a Melbourne Fringe show. Yes you read that right. I…

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    December 17, 2020

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    October 11, 2018

    Where you will find me in October 2018

    October 11, 2018
  • Blog,  Journalism

    What is a typical day for a journalist?

    October 16, 2019 / No Comments

    The typical day for a journalist always varies depending on what your working circumstances are. But here are some ideas.

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    January 24, 2019
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    7 Important Lessons I Learned About Running Awesome Livestreams

    January 30, 2021
    KSP cat by Ashleigh Hardcastle via KSP Writers Centre

    I hit 10,000 words!

    June 4, 2018
  • Blog,  Journalism

    Why journalists risk their lives

    October 14, 2019 / No Comments

    Why do journalists risk their lives? What makes them do so?

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    Day 2: A cat is here!

    May 30, 2018
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    January 14, 2021
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    January 2019 MEAA Monthly Update

    January 31, 2019
  • A mug full of coffee on an open planner
    Blog,  Freelancing,  Journalism

    Setting goals as a freelance journalist

    October 11, 2019 / No Comments

    How do you set goals for your business as a freelance journalist? What sort of goals are best to set? What will move your business and career forward?

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    February 28, 2019
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    I hit 10,000 words!

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