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Dip Your Toe: A Series of Writing Workshops
7 September @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
$30
Saturdays: 7, 14, 21, 28 September & 5th October – 10.00 am – 12.00 pm
Cost: $30 per two hour session
Are you interested in writing a novel, memoir or short story? Or maybe you’d like to support a child or grandchild with their creativity? Perhaps you just want to increase your enjoyment of reading? If so, you may like to attend one or all of these 2-hour writing sessions, each run by a different WA author.
Bring a notebook, pen or two and your keep cup.
GETTING STARTED: 7 September
The basics of writing, including word choices, the anatomy of a paragraph, avoiding self-criticism and the importance of positivity.
Presenter: Annie de Monchaux, – Audrey’s Gone AWOL – Ultimo Press
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BUILDING CHARACTERS: 14 September
Breaking them down and rounding them back out. A show-don’t-tell and leap- then-look approach to bringing cliché-free characters to life.
Presenter: Louise Wolhuter – An Afterlife for Rosemary Lamb, Shadows of Winter Robins – Ultimo press
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BRINGING MEMORIES TO THE PAGE: 21 September
Writing prompts and exercises that will re-energise memories and free thoughts for those writing memoir or fiction.
Presenter: Gerard McCann – Anatomy of a Secret – Fremantle Press
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MAKE YOUR SENTENCES SOAR: 28 September
‘The sentence is a self-contained world of wonder.’ Tips to make your sentences soar, sing and set your readers’ hearts aflame.
Presenter: Michelle Johnston – Dustfall, Tiny Uncertain Miracles – Harper Collins,
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THE POWER OF THE 5 SENSES: 5 October
Whether you’re writing fiction, memoir or poetry, using sensory detail brings your words to life. This workshop will show you how to utilise all five senses in your writing in order to spark your readers’ imaginations. All you need are your eyes, ears, nose, taste-buds and fingertips – along with a pen and paper!
Presenter: Louise Allan – Sisters Song – Allen & Unwin
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