Novel writing workshop
Tuesday evening classes held over six weeks
Novel writing workshop with Pamela FreemanTime: 6.30pm-8.30pm
Fee: $495
The next available workshop:
Does this course suit you?
If you've already done the introductory creative writing course or have some experience in creative writing and want to hone your craft, the Novel Writing workshop will help you enhance your skills and make your book become a reality.This course will suit people who have a definite project on which they have already done some work – ideally, at least 5000 words. The Novel Writing workshop is designed for people who want to develop longer pieces of work or a series of short stories. This need not be fiction – memoir, biography or narrative non-fiction are also suitable.
The course is a combination of theory and workshopping. You will be expected to distribute your drafts to your fellow students and receive their comments. You will also be expected to read the work of the others and comment upon it.
Workshopping a range of manuscripts will inevitably throw up a wide range of issues for writers, from voice and characterisation down to grammar and punctuation. Pamela says, ‘Workshopping is one of the best ways to develop your skills as a writer and to identify the particular problems which you face as a storyteller – and then to get lots of help in finding solutions.’
Now that you have learnt theory, tools and techniques to use in your creative writing, it's time to take your writing to the next level.
Will there be any theory/teaching?
Each week will have a short theory section.
Wherever possible, the theory presented in the course will be guided by the questions and needs of the students, so the curriculum may vary from course to course. The lecturer will also follow up questions raised in the class and provide appropriate readings or reading recommendations in the next class.
Who presents this workshop?
This Novel Writing workshop is presented by Dr Pamela Freeman - author of 21 books, the most recent of which, Full Circle (Book 3 of the Castings trilogy), is being published in the US, UK, France, Spain, Portugal and Germany as well as Australia. Pamela’s latest children’s book, Victor’s Challenge, was published in 2009 in Australia and the UK.Pamela started as a children’s writer, and many of her books have been shortlisted for the State Literary Awards, the Children's Book Council Book of the Year Awards, the Koala Awards and the Wilderness Society Environment Awards. Pamela - who is also an accomplished script writer - has taught creative writing at the University of Technology, Sydney for many years.
This writing course is held at the Sydney Writers' Centre in the evenings.
Course dates and fees
Novel writing workshop with Pamela FreemanTime: 6.30pm-8.30pm
Fee: $495
The next available workshop:
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