2013 HSC English Extension 2 Major Work: Writing the Next Draft Workshop

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Who: Anna Maria Dell’oso
When: 2 x Sundays: 24 February & 3 March 2013, 10am-4pm
Cost: $150

This workshop is about the universal next draft problem: ‘My concept is clear in my head but how do I get it to work on the page? 

Over two days, students will learn practical techniques to stimulate the imagination for the next draft of their Major Work. Using each student’s current draft, we will look more deeply at story design, character, dialogue, voice, point-of-view and editing.

How do I achieve depth of character? How (and why) do I write dialogue? What is the ‘character wheel’ and how can it help strengthen my work and its underlying themes? We will look at how other writers have solved narrative problems and review the basic elements of narrative and story skills. We’ll use tools such as Levels of Engagement and the Character Wheel, consider the various masks of character; creating subtext, experimenting with and selecting point-of-view and how to imaginatively use traditional craft skills to strengthen non-traditional and experimental writing.

The workshop is limited to 20 students to enable each student’s writing to be workshopped.

After the workshop, students have the option of continuing to discuss their writing through an online peer support writing group hosted by the presenter. This group will only be open to workshop participants.

Students can enrol in all three phases of this course or join in at any stage along the way. Please note this course is not suitable for students writing a Critical Essay.

Food
Tea and coffee making facilities will be provided. Course participants are advised to bring their own lunch as there are no cafes within easy walking distance.

About the Tutor

ANNA MARIA DELL’OSO is a well-known Australian writer, journalist and critic. Her acclaimed book Songs of the Suitcase (HarperCollins) won the Steele Rudd Award. Anna’s fiction has been published in many anthologies and reviews including Meanjin and the Griffith Review. Anna’s first book was Cats, Cradles & Chamomile Tea, a collection from her popular column in the SMH’s Good Weekend. Anna has recently been awarded a Breaking New Ground Grant by the Literature Board of the Australia Council.

Anna has lectured in Creative Writing at the University of Newcastle and run writing workshops in schools and libraries throughout NSW. Anna has also founded Triple-I (Ideas In Ink), a writing group and social network for young women in the inner-west of Sydney. Triple-I is based on a shared love of coffee, bagels, writing and reading.

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