{"id":1539,"date":"2016-09-30T15:13:06","date_gmt":"2016-09-30T05:13:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tonitappcoutts.com.au\/?p=1539"},"modified":"2019-03-27T11:19:28","modified_gmt":"2019-03-27T00:19:28","slug":"so-you-want-to-be-a-writer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tonitappcoutts.com.au\/so-you-want-to-be-a-writer\/","title":{"rendered":"So you want to be a writer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Writing is about learning the craft.\u00a0 It is about reading and writing and mixing with like minded people.\u00a0 If you live in a very remote area as I do, then using all the new media is a great way of keeping up with what&#8217;s happening in the writing world.\u00a0 I have discovered these weekly podcasts by Allison Tait and Valerie Khoo to be one\u00a0of the best for Australian writers. 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