- Some of the different workshops:
- Establish a Writing Group
I was a founding member of the highly successful VISION Writing Group and have used this experience to produce a two day Establish a Writing Group Workshop which I did with the Central Highlands Writing Group at Emerald in Queensland. This workshop includes tips on promoting the group and running it so the focus is on writing and not administration. I take the time to train the group in Critiquing and the workshop comes with one year's writing exercises for the group. Contact Jenny from the CHWG for feedback. <sandjwenham@optusnet.com.au>
Writing for Kids.
- This is a 2 hour writing for kids which covers the different types of books and possible markets finishing with the
- hands-on writing of an Early Reader.
- (No more than 20 participants)
- Workshops
- for children, young adults and adults at:
- QLD Gifted & Talented Con
- World SF Con 1999
- Primary and High Schools
- Queensland Writers Centre
- Voices on the Coast
- Romance Writers Conferences
- Sommerset Literary Festival
- Woodford Festival
- Brisbane Libraries
- Regional Centres, eg Bundaberg
- Emerald & Maleny
- Testimonials
- I’ve now had a couple of weeks of working through the assessment you did and I’m well on the way to addressing the issues you raised, but more importantly, I think I’m getting some insight into how you think about the writing process, especially at those points where you really challenged me not to take the easy way out.
- I just wanted to tell you that I feel it has been one of the most powerful learning experiences I’ve had on my journey to becoming a writer and that I am very grateful indeed.
- Anthony Element anthony@marieelement.com.au
Writing Fantasy
This is a workshop for young adults and adults on writing fantasy. It covers characterisation, world building and the rules of magic. The participants get to rough up a plot for a fantasy story/book. (No more than 20 participants. Workshop length can depend on the age of the participants).
Short Story Writing
- This covers the basics of short story writing, then works with the participants as they write the outline of a short story.
- (No more than 20 participants.).
Getting Kids excited about Writing.
- This a 1- 2 hour workshop for kids (age appropriate from year 3 up to year 12). This workshop leads the kids through getting ideas, building a character, giving them a problem, putting them into a world, setting up the story and resolving it. Kids can write a play and act it out, draw a comic, or create a little book. Artistic gets get to create the cover and one or more internal illustrations.
- (No more than 20 participants)
- What do I charge?
- Workshops:- ASA rates. Schools negotiable. RADF grants are available for regional areas.
- Manuscript Assessments
- Contact me: rowena@corydaniells.com
- It was a very productive meeting. First we discussed the points from the competition feedback, then specific points concerning my story. I was impressed, and touched, that Rowena had made extensive notes regarding large sections of my story and had a keen grasp of many aspects of it, including the characters, sub-plots and back-stories.
- All of that discussion exceeded my expectations, but in addition, she pointed out some real technical problems with the narrative and offered really helpful advice and creative ideas for solutions.
- Rowena was very sensitive to my sense of style and helped me forwards towards where I wanted to go with the story, managing to guide me without fanning the flames of my self-doubt. (Bloody pseudo-writers, always trying to squeeze in a metaphor!)
- I came away from the meeting full of the buzz that I used to experience after Louise Cusack’s workshops, with a framework for restructuring my story, and a head-full of ideas percolating over the new changes.
- John Storey storey1@bigpond.com