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2003 Workshops
These Workshops have been made possible with the support of Festivals Australia.
"The Commonwealth Government is proud to be associated with the Byron Bay Writers festival.
This series of workshops was made possible by Festivals Australia, a Commonwealth Government program which supports cultural activity at regional and community festivals."
www.dcita.gov.au
and the NSW Regional Arts Country Arts Support Grants www.regionalartnsw.com.au
Marele Day
Characters: getting them on the page
A character's journey is often the guiding force
for narrative fiction. This workshop includes exercises in constructing
characters, and writing which brings characters to life, with
feedback on your work.
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| W1$38/$22
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Geraldine Hilton & Peter Castaldi
Writing Narration Script for Documentaries
Geraldine Hilton will take participants through
the entire documentary writing process from research to delivery
and Peter Castaldi will reveal the skills required to help hone
the script and deliver the all-important narration..
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| W2$38/$22
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Tim Adlide
Writing for Animation
With a focus on scripts specifically for animation,
this workshop will concentrate on making the images and script
work together and open you to some of the dramatic and comedic
opportunities animation can provide..
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| W3$38/$22
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Maree Giles
The Way to a Reader’s
Heart
The aim of this workshop is to make writers
more aware of the (often-overlooked) power of everyday detail
to draw the reader into a story. By providing sensory and concrete
details a story comes alive and the reader’s heart is affected.
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| W4$65/$40
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Marele Day
Self-Promotion: from Publisher
to Media
An introduction to strategies for self-promotion,
and the principal avenues available to the writer. We will design
a self-promotion plan tailored to the individual writer. The 'ethics'
of self-promotion will also be discussed.
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| W5$38/$22
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Tim Mosely
Artists Books and Visual
Language
This workshop is designed to introduce participants
to artists books, the wealth of creative expression they offer
artists, the use of visual language in a books structure as well
as a hands on opportunity to make artists books.
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| W6$38/$22
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Patti Miller
Writing Your Life
An introduction to creative autobiographical
and memoir writing; exploring how to get started, how to access
memories and the creative self and how to translate lived experiences
into vivid, engaging scenes on the page.
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| W7$70/$45
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Scot Gardner
Writing for young adults
Join Scot for a ride through your own head to
the places where stories hibernate. Learn how to shake those
monsters awake and dance on to the page. Develop storyline using
lateral thinking techniques. Learn how to make and serve character
soup.
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| W8$38/$22
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Peter Moore
The Secrets of Travel
Writing: An insider’s guide to getting published
It’s everyone’s idea of a dream job being paid
to travel the world and write about it. Peter Moore is a best-selling
travel author in Australia and the UK and in this workshop he’ll
share practical advice and techniques that will help you realise
the dream.
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| W9$38/$22
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Fran Bryson
The Role of the Agent
Agents encompass interesting publishers in
a manuscript, advising clients on their work, negotiating offers
and ongoing promotion and management of writers, and much more.
How do they fit into the publishing industry?
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| W10$38/$22
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Patti Miller
Writing Your Life
Continuing from Wednesday.
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| W7$70/$45
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Jill Dawson & Kathryn Heyman -
F reedom in Fiction
A prose-writing workshop that is suitable
for new and experienced writers. Through exercises and group discussion
we will explore what we can and can't do with our writing, especially
with our characters. Come with a pen, paper and an open mind.
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| W11$65/$40
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Garry Disher
Introduction to Crime
Writing
This workshop is intended to cover the
basics of writing crime fiction: first, distinguishing between
types within the genre (everything from caper novels to murder
mysteries in ancient Rome) and types of heroes (everything from
village spinsters to gay insurance investigators), then covering
where ideas come from, plotting in relation to character, research
and the importance of the setting, and concluding with the most
common weaknesses in crime fiction by beginner writers.
Participants may like to read Garry Disher's
handbook, Writing Fiction (2001 edition) and essay in his crime
story collection, Straight, Bent and Barbara Vine.
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| W12$38/$22
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Amanda Higgs & Judi McCrossin
Sex,
Lies & Television: the Secret of Successful TV Writing
This team from The Secret Life of Us present
the secrets of creating a successful television drama. Writing
the series proposal and the pilot episode, creating story and
character arcs, what works and what doesn’t.
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| W13$38/$22
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Bronwyn Lea
Writing with the Senses poetry and prose
This workshop is designed to help cultivate
an imaginative awareness of the senses and how they can be enacted
through language to bring your writing to life. Ideal for poets,
as well as fiction writers and essayists.
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| W14$38/$22
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Amanda Higgs and Roger Monk
So you
have a script, what now? Working with a script editor
An exploratory workshop demonstrating the
role of script editor and how this works in relation to the writer
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| W15$38/$22
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Jonathan Harlen
Teenage Writing 12-18yrs
old
Warm ups through writing dialogues in groups,
then a look at ways to create character in a short short story.
He will be discussing various hypotheticals with the kids - helping
with structure and characterisation before they have a go.
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| W16$15 |
Vivienne Cleven
The Basics of Creating
Fiction
This workshop is designed for beginning authors.
How do writers begin the long process of putting down words to
paper? In this workshop we will explore the basics every writer
has to use when creating fiction.
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| W17$30/$15
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Geoff Page
Intensive Poetry Editorial
An opportunity to learn from a highly-experienced
poet about the intensive fine-tuning that so often makes the difference
between whether a poem is accepted for publication or joins the
reject pile. Two poems to be submitted for discussion prior to
the workshop. Deadline is. 21 July in person to Jetset or post
to NRWC PO Box 1846, Byron Bay 2481.
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| W18$30/$15
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