London School of Journalism

But she also sought every way possible to learn how to write better, and she's constantly trying to learn how to be a better writer.

She signs up for several years of tutorship with the London School of Journalism by correspondence.

And they are encouraging, at times quite harsh in their criticism of Alice's work, but she's trying to be a better writer.

She borrows, uses, appropriates phrases from people like Laurence van der Post, partly because she's trying to channel imagery, adjectives, framing that might enable her to tell her own stories better.