The best advice for a writer is to write, write, write.

But in this day and age, with so much competing for our attention, you need to be wildly compelled to invest the time and work in writing projects that promise nothing in return.

How do you create something, using only your imagination, language, laptop or pen, that will pull you back to the writing desk, time after time, and cut through all the noise and competing demands?

How do you inject enough life into your first pages to sustain the momentum required to get to the finished first draft?

Join the Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction winner for Auē and Ockham NZ Book Awards longlisted for Kataraina author Becky Manawatu (Ngāi Tahu) for a masterclass on remaining focused on your work and getting your first draft down.