Marisa Wikramanayake

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  • Blog,  Freelancing,  Journalism,  Writing

    Frequently Asked Questions About Becoming A Freelance Writer:

    January 18, 2018 / No Comments

    Marisa Wikramanayake answers a few of the frequently asked questions about being a freelance writer.

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    My desk in Phillips cabin at the KSP Writers Centre (c) Marisa Wikramanayake

    Day 3: So many emotions

    May 31, 2018
    The Writers' Cabins at KSP (c) Writers Bloc

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

    May 30, 2018
    A mug full of coffee on an open planner

    Setting goals as a freelance journalist

    October 11, 2019
  • Writing

    Watch “The true story of ‘true’ – Gina Cooke” on YouTube

    June 13, 2016 / No Comments

    This is a fantastic piece on etymology and the fascinating ways in which we have thought about ourselves and ideas and how we can trace all that by following the history of a word. Word nerds, geek out.

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

    February 7, 2019

    How do you tell a story?

    February 9, 2019

    How to tell if you are a writer

    September 11, 2013
  • Writing

    Slowing down time (in writing and in film) by Aaron Sitze

    June 6, 2016 / No Comments

    Pacing is always important in any sort of storytelling. Too fast and your readers will miss something, too slow and they will fall asleep. But it is also about how and when to introduce suspense and when to keep things moving along quite steadily rather than making readers slog their way through. Here in this TED-Ed video, Aaron Sitze has some pointers on pacing. If you struggle with pacing, let me know in the comments.

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    A conversation with Fay

    April 16, 2014
    365/333 The Oliver Standard Visible Writer No 3 by Rachel via Flickr

    Do you want a DWoA writing group?

    June 21, 2016

    An update on Gin & Tonic

    January 24, 2019
  • Writing

    How to write descriptively by Nalo Hopkinson

    May 30, 2016 / No Comments

    In Sedition there is an ever present gecko that consistently turns up. I have no idea why it does when the actual leit motif, if any, is a plant mentioned throughout the book. But description is important in writing and here Nalo Hopkinson points out why doing it well matters: Do you have any issues with description in your writing? Leave a comment below if you do and let me know that I am not the only one! 🙂

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    16 rules for writing

    September 4, 2013
    The Writers' Cabins at KSP (c) Writers Bloc

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

    May 30, 2018

    The NYWF-ty List

    October 11, 2018
  • Writing

    Watch “How to make your writing funnier – Cheri Steinkeller” and then let me know what you think.

    May 23, 2016 / No Comments

    I once spent an entire year while in high school writing what was my first attempt at a novel. It was very episodic and almost sit-com like because it was a) cheesy and b) I was working out how to write humour into scenes, from wit to slapstick. These days there are still a lot of things I have to learn about writing such as figuring out the best way to convey something I want to say when I see it in the way a character moves physically in my head and to turn that into words on a page that conjure up the same image. I think visually –…

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    Katherine Susannah Pritchard and her typewriter (c) Marisa Wikramanayake

    Day 4: Freedom to write, freedom for writers

    June 1, 2018

    HIM and the experiment to write the draft under watching eyes

    February 3, 2016

    Inspiration (or is there a muse?)

    April 6, 2011

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