I've run workshops for

children, young adults and adults at:

World SF Con 1999

Primary and High Schools

Queensland Writers Centre

Voices on the Coast

Romance Writers Conference

Sommerset Literary Festival

Woodford Festival

Brisbane Libraries

Regional Centres

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, as well as creating a newsletter. 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)

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)