Past Courses
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2012 Writing About Food
Who: John Newton When: 6 x Tuesday evenings: 22 & 29 May; 5, 12, 19 & 26 June 2012, 6.30pm – 9.30pm Full Price $540; Member $380; Conc Member $325 Location: NSW Writers’ Centre, Rozelle, Sydney Whether you write reviews, recipes or just want to celebrate the delights of the palate, this course for writers has got something […]
2012 Fiction Feedback: A Focus Group on Your Writing (sold out)
Who: Kevin O’Brien When: 8 x Saturdays afternoons: 21 & 28 April; 5,12, 19 & 26 May; 2 & 9 June 2012, 1pm-4pm Cost: Full price $865; Member $605; Conc Member $520 Code: 12OBRI4 Join waiting list Bring your fiction-writing and evaluation skills to the next level in this intense but friendly focus group, convened by Random House […]
2012 Writing Film and TV: Dialogue and Structure for Drama
Who: Nick Parsons When: Saturday 26 & Sunday 27 May 2012, 10am-4pm Full price $290; Member $205; Conc Member $175 Location: NSW Writers’ Centre, Rozelle, Sydney The most common faults in drama writing are those of structure, and yet the principles are well understood and can be easily learned. This writing course covers the essentials of turning points, […]
2012 Playwriting: Ways to Begin
Who: Lachlan Philpott When: Saturday 24 & Sunday 25 March 2012, 10am-4pm Where: Leichhardt Library, 23 Norton Street Leichhardt NSW Cost: Full Price $290; Member $205; Conc Member $175 Code: 12PHIL3 In this two-day workshop, Lachlan will be offering inspiring ways to begin writing a play and providing a pathway to get to the final scene. You will […]
2012 Creating an Original Picture Book
Who: Tohby Riddle When: Sunday 12 Feb 2012, 10am-4pm Cost: Full price $150; Member $105; Conc Member $90 Code: 12RIDD2 Good work comes from good thinking. Muliti-award-winning picture book creator Tohby Riddle leads you through the process of creating and making a picture book – with an emphasis on ways of thinking about words and pictures designed to extend each […]
2012 Seminar: The Business of Being A Writer
Who: Judith Ridge, Angelo Loukakis, Pamela Freeman and Dale Hollingsworth When: Saturday 25 February 2012, 10am – 5pm Cost: Full Price $150; Member $105 (30% disc); Conc Member $90 (40% disc) Code: 12RIDG2 You decided to become a writer because you’re good at expressing yourself creatively. What you weren’t expecting was all those other aspects you have to deal […]
2012 Year of the YA Novel (Three Phases)
Who: James Roy, featuring special guest Jody Lee Cost: Full Price $970; Member $675 (30% discount) Conc Member $580 (40% discount). Complete course – three phases (additional 10% discount). Writing for young adults – it’s a skill that is often undervalued. After all, teenagers are only interested in vampires, technology and loud music, aren’t they? Besides, they don’t have anything […]
2012 Creating Travel Literature
Who: Brendan Shanahan When: Saturday 12 May 2012, 10am-4pm Cost: Full price: $150; Member: $105; Conc Member: $90 Code: 12SHAN5 Travel writing has spawned categories and sub-categories, but the travel novel has increased in standing as serious literature. More than a memoir, an exceptional travel novel is a distinct blend of the personal, the novel and the cultural, defined […]
2012 From Seed to Story: Writing Picture Books
Who: Lisa Shanahan When: Saturday 16 June 2012, 10am-4pm Full price: $150; Member: $105; Conc Member: $90 Location: NSW Writers’ Centre, Rozelle, Sydney This one-day writing course for beginning picture book writers outlines the journey of creating a picture book from the first seed to final story A picture book is a unique meeting place. […]
2012 Moments of Grace: A Poetry Workshop
Who: Peter Skrzynecki When: Saturday 23 June 2012, 10am-4pm Full price: $150; Member: $105; Conc Member: $90 Location: NSW Writers’ Centre, Rozelle, Sydney This poetry writers course is designed to develop your writing by illustrating how the Ordinary can reveal the Extraordinary and how these experiences exist around us all the time. Throughout the centuries, […]
2012 The Essentials of Editing
Who: Tony Spencer-Smith When: 4x Thursday evenings; 19 & 26 April, 3 & 10 May 2012 -6:30-9:30PM Cost: Full price: $360; Member: $250; Conc Member: $215 Code: 12SPEN4 Editing and proofreading are a vital part of the writing journey. A first draft is only the start of a process that turns raw copy into polished […]
2012 Year of the Novel: Act One (SOLD OUT)
Who: Bem Le Hunte Dates: 10 x Tuesday evenings: 7,14,21 & 28 February; 6 & 27 March; 3,10,17 & 24 April 2012, 6:30pm-9:30pm Cost: Full Price: $900; Member: $640; Conc Member: $545 Code: 12LEHU2 Click here to Join the Wait-list Make this the year you write that novel or novella you’ve yet to start or […]
2012 Year of the Novel: Act Two
Who: Bem Le Hunte When: 10 x Tuesday evenings: 5,12,19 & 26 June; 2,9,16,23 & 30 October; 6 & 13 November 2012, 6:30pm-9:30pm Cost: Full Price: $900; Member: $640; Conc Member: $545 Code: 12LEHU6 Act Two is where our action happens. Where we make form out substance, drawing together the ideas, possibilities and words we’ve […]
2012 Year of the Novel: Act Three
Who: Bem Le Hunte Dates: 10 x Tuesday evenings: 11, 18 & 25 September; 2, 9, 16, 23 & 30 October; 6 & 13 November 2012, 6:30pm-9:30pm Cost: Full Price: $900; Member: $640; Conc Member: $545 Code: 12LEHU2 This phase of the course is all about getting ready for publication-a time for troubleshooting and improving-for […]
2012 The Saturday Playwrights’ Course: Phase One
Please note change of dates Who: Timothy Daly When: 8 x Saturday afternoons: 10, 17, 24 & 31 March; 21 & 28 April; 5 & 12May 2012, 1pm-4pm Cost: Full price: $720; Member: $510; Conc Member: $435 Code: 12DALY3 Timothy Daly is one of Australia’s most internationally successful playwrights, with a string of national and […]
2012 The Saturday Playwrights’ Course: Phase Two
Who: Timothy Daly When: 8 x Saturday afternoons: 30 June; 7, 14, 21 July; 4, 11, 18 & 25 August 2012, 1pm-4pm Full price: $720; Member: $510; Conc Member: $435 Location: NSW Writers’ Centre, Rozelle, Sydney Open to both beginning writers for theatre as well as those with some experience, this writing course is one […]
2012 The Saturday Playwrights’ Course: Phase Three
CANCELLED Who: Timothy Daly When: 8 x Saturday afternoons: 8, 15, 22 & 29 September; 6, 13, 20 & 27 October 2012; 1pm-4pm Cost: Full price: $720; Member: $510; Conc Member: $435 Code: 12DALY9 Timothy Daly is one of Australia’s most internationally successful playwrights, with a string of national and international awards and productions. Open […]
2012 Year of the YA Novel: Phase One
Who: James Roy When: 4 x Sunday mornings: 11, 18 & 25 March & 1 April 2012, 10am-1pm Cost: Full Price: $360; Member: $250; Conc Member: $215 Code: 12ROY3 Writing for young adults – it’s a skill that is often undervalued. After all, teenagers are only interested in vampires, technology and loud music, aren’t they? […]
2012 Year of the YA Novel: Phase Two
Who: James Roy When: 4 x Sunday mornings: 10, 17, 24 June & 1 July 2012, 10am-1pm Cost: Full Price: $360; Member: $250; Conc Member: $215 Code: 12ROY6 Writing for young adults – it’s a skill that is often undervalued. After all, teenagers are only interested in vampires, technology and loud music, aren’t they? Besides, […]
2012 Year of the YA Novel: Phase Three
Who: James Roy and special guest speaker Jody Lee When: 4 x Sunday mornings: 9, 16, 23 & 30 September 2012, 10am-1pm Cost: Full Price: $360; Member: $250; Conc Member: $215 Code: 12ROY9 Writing for young adults – it’s a skill that is often undervalued. After all, teenagers are only interested in vampires, technology and […]