The Writer's Journey Workshop
by Melina Marchetta
Description
The workshop:
1: Who? What? Where? All in a six-word memoir.
2: Show not tell.
3: She said/He said/They said. The power of characterisation through dialogue.
4: Less is more.
5: Watch your tone.
6: Past tense/present tense and the narrative voice.
7: Research! Research! Research! (but don’t let them see it in your writing)
8: Adaptation and scriptwriting.
9: Genre writing and subverting the conventions (Focus on crime and fantasy)
10: Submitting your manuscript in the 21st. century!
1: Who? What? Where? All in a six-word memoir.
2: Show not tell.
3: She said/He said/They said. The power of characterisation through dialogue.
4: Less is more.
5: Watch your tone.
6: Past tense/present tense and the narrative voice.
7: Research! Research! Research! (but don’t let them see it in your writing)
8: Adaptation and scriptwriting.
9: Genre writing and subverting the conventions (Focus on crime and fantasy)
10: Submitting your manuscript in the 21st. century!
Details
Audience
Duration
This workshop was originally created for 10 x 50minute weekly lessons. It can be condensed easily to a one-day workshop, a weekend workshop, a 60 minute workshop.