Fill your December with these wonderful writing events. There’s a range of online and in person events – including a film festival held in Western Sydney, online conversations about all things writing, plays and a poetry workshop by the ocean!

Surrounded by other writers at Writing NSW, I was emboldened to own my voice and centre my own stories, because no one else will do it for me.

It’s perfectly fine if you’re not writing at the moment and if you don’t write anything ever again.

“Suddenly I had the character of Finn, a character who refused to be silenced – and that was the message we wanted to bring to the screen.”

“Lean into the emotion. By their nature, psychological thrillers (and psychological dramas, which I feel better describes my writing!) turn on internal conflict, and so it follows that gripping and plausible internal drama maximises their effectiveness.”

“Once I had amassed enough facts, my rage fortified me. I couldn’t contain my secret anymore. My sadness and fear seeped onto the page, as well as an unbridled joy when I discovered Deaf culture.”