If It's Heavy Write It Down - 5 Actual Reasons Why Writing is the Healer
We carry stuff. Loads and loads and loads of stuff. Some of it is ours. Most of it, is not. Though the fact remains, the human condition...
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Room 206
May 20, 20233 min read
How to Use Music to Enhance Your Writing Process
Art is all about energy. We pick up on the vibrations around us, it swirls around inside, and we externalize this as creative expression....
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Robyn Porteous
Apr 25, 20233 min read
Finding the Right Words: The Healing Power of Poetry
For generations, poetry has served a source of inspiration and solace for people in need of healing. From sonnets to free verse to...
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Reba Seboko
Feb 15, 20233 min read
Micro-Journaling: A Worthwhile Journey of Small Steps
Calling all journal-scribblers! In this blog post, we’re focusing on a journaling trend that has changed how journalers document their...
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Jamie Conway
Dec 13, 20223 min read
An Ode to Leftover Words
We’ve all been there: you’ve spent hours writing, and the words get left behind in the dust. You’ve spent days bending over your desk,...
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Jamie Conway
Dec 2, 20222 min read
5 Writing Competitions Not To Be Missed in 2023
Calling all writers: it’s time to get your words out there! As the year calls for its end, we’ve been prepping our pens for 2023. You may...
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Jamie Conway
Nov 23, 20223 min read
Top Online Tools to Amp Up Your Writing Productivity
They say it takes a village to raise a child – well, writers need the village, too! It can be hard enough coming up with the premise of...
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Reba Seboko
Nov 15, 20224 min read
5 Basic Writing Skills – and How to Improve Them
Writing isn’t just a job; it’s an artform that takes more than talent. Whatever the words, writing can be grueling, sometimes seeing you...
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Robyn Porteous
Nov 2, 20224 min read
The Habits of Famous Writers
If you want to write more, write more. Of course, that may seem easier said, than done. But experts believe that developing a daily habit...
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Robyn Porteous
Oct 18, 20224 min read
Rag Paper - and Its Influence on Meaning
At Room 206, we spend a lot of time focused on writing; on the words and the processes that go into it. But there are other components of...
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Jamie Conway
Sep 16, 20222 min read
Three South African Writers Who Almost Didn’t Make It
For many of us, it can be difficult to name South African authors off the top of our heads. Our local literary awareness tends to be...
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Reba Seboko
Sep 2, 20223 min read
Where South African Authors are Inspired to Write
It is said that inspiration can strike at any moment; be it at a red light while watching taxi drivers argue over who the better driver...
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Reba Seboko
Aug 12, 20223 min read
Haiku-na Matata
‘And what a wonderful phrase, it means no worries’, as so greatly articulated in the childhood movie favourite, The Lion King. Young cub,...
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Jamie Conway
Jun 24, 20223 min read
How To Be Inspired by the World Around You
The world isn’t just your playground – it’s your source of inspiration! Perhaps you’ve been sitting with a bland manuscript, that’s...
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Jamie Conway
May 20, 20223 min read
Who are the Modern Shakespeares?
We don’t have to mention his full name – you know who we’re talking about. Some writers are just that famous and they’re famous for very...
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Jamie Conway
May 16, 20223 min read
Popular Story Tropes That Will Never Die
They never really get old, do they? It doesn’t matter how many times we see them in movies and books, who plays the characters or where...
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