Yolanda Lindeque-Strauss

The person who says it cannot be done, should not interrupt the person doing it. I'm 37 years old and work for myself. My business is: writing. I write novels, screenplays and scripts and they are linked by my ability to write visually. Plus I have a passion for reading and have done story analysis and screenplay editing for others, which helped them achieve success. After school I did a secretarial course at a College and for more than 12 years I worked as a secretary, personal assistant, dance teacher, admin officer, receptionist, assistant legal secretary (in London, UK,) rental agent (also in London, UK), copywriting, printing representative, freelance proof reader, etc. Then I did a creative writing and prose week long workshop with the ATKV in 2009, a magazine journalism course with SA Writers' College that same year and two courses by Daniel Dercksen about screenplay writing as well as numerous workshops with the Writers' Guild since then. Other than that there have been many mentors whom I cherish l