The Author and Artist Hour, July 6, 2021
Radio Toni A Conversation with Kez with Kez Wickham St George
Kez Wickham St George is the driver of her own creativity and her passion is to inspire and nurture others to tell their stories. Her values are simple; when you touch a heart; we can change a life. By encouraging you to write or journal her belief is, it will only add value to your life.
If you want to grab any of Kez’z amazing books or if you want to help getting your book idea off the ground, make sure you connect with kez
Good morning Kez today we want to talk about the ART of writing and how writers can “hone their skills” What it means to be an author, what they don’t tell you.
Authors and Writers
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Kez, what do we mean when we talk about the writing process? planning, drafting, and sharing to revising, editing, and publishing
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So generally, we talk about the 7 steps of the writing process – Lets start with the first stage – planning or prewriting – what does that involve for you (planning, drafting, and sharing to revising, editing, and publishing
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Next is creating your first draft – (write freely from the beginning to the end how) how correct do you like your first draft and are you focussed on word count?
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Next step is around sharing your first draft – Kez do you share your first draft and how do you manage this process?
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Evaluate your draft - how do you deal with the feedback and what do you consider constructive criticism in terms of your writing?
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Next is revising your draft – lets chat about what the revision looks like for you. (structural problems, flow, what tools do you use at this stage of writing?
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Now this is the part of the writing process I find most difficult – Editing! Tell me about your editing process Kez, I know that you have just done this so tell the audience how that went for you?
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Publishing your content – this is a huge subject on its own so lets review the ways you have published Kez.
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Reviews, recommendations, and other parts related to writing.
The Author and Artist Hour
Kez is ever the storyteller and a popular speaker at many local events; However mentoring others to tell their stories has become a large part of Kez’s life, running creative writing workshops for those that have a story to tell.
Encouraging and mentoring others to follow their passion for writing has resulted in four of her writing protégés becoming published authors. Kez also invites published authors in fiction to contact her, as she enjoys introducing their work to Facebook and Instagram by video.