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Writers Write

Published: 20 August 2010

Writers Write promotes writing by teaching plain language writing skills.

Writers Write promotes writing by teaching plain language writing skills.

The Company

Business: Writers Write develops writing training courses.

Creative: Writers Write teaches you how to write a book. 91 graduates have become published authors.

Anton Behr, MD, heads the business writing division. Amanda Patterson, CEO, heads the creative writing division

Courses

Business:
The Write Business:
• Grammar Refresher
• The Word Business
• The Story of a Business
• You, the editor
The Write Proposal

Creative:
kids.
This Kiss
Memoirs - This is my life
Writers Write – How to write a book

Writers Write offers report writing and editing services. For more information, contact Amanda Patterson on news@writerswrite.co.za or visit www.writerswrite.co.za.

Email address: news@writerswrite.co.za
Cellular: 0798753719
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