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Slow route to scriptwriting success Katharine Way, who writes for The Bill and Casualty, spent six years trying to get into the scriptwriters' circle. Find out how she got to write television drama!	Write your way to health It might not always feel like it when you're pulling your hair out trying to find an explosive finish to your story, but doctors have proved that writing is good for your health!	Chick-lit in Indonesia In the West it's known as chick-lit; here, it's 'sastra wangi' or 'fragrant literature'. Find out about Indonesia's latest and hottest literary trend!

Grandmother author Find out how a grandmother from the north-east of England surprised the publishing world by clinching a book deal with a major publisher.	Read JK Rowling interview Read a transcript of Jeremy Paxman's interview with JK Rowling and find out why she believes that to write children's books you need to be a 'ruthless killer'!	Sheep poets Discover how a flock of sheep became poets and created some 'random poetry'.