ACT Writers Centre
Writing Australia workshops for NESB writers: How to sell your book to an Australian publisher
with Rhonda Whitton
The ACT Writers Centre, with the support of Writing Australia, is hosting a FREE full day Getting Published workshop specially tailored for people for were born overseas and for who English is their second or third language. The workshop aims to show writers how to submit their work to commissioning editors of fiction, non-fiction and poetry.
Award winners
The 2011 ACT Writers Centre awards were announced at our Christmas party on 14 December 2011. The results are available at www.actwriters.org.au/awards/index.shtml
Events & Workshops
Editing your own fiction and non-fiction
with Anna Beth McCormack
10am-4pm Saturday 11 February
This workshop includes topics such as: why edit and when to edit; what readers, editors and publishers don't want to see; An examination of examples of the participants' own writing and suggestions for their improvement.
with Nicole Murphy
10am-4pm Saturday 3 March
Nicole Murphy used to be a terrible editor. Spell check. Grammar check. Punctuation check. Submit. How did she turn it around, and develop the skills that enabled her to sell a trilogy to a major publisher? In this workshop, Nicole will go through the steps she used to teach herself how to edit
Going solo: Crafting a comic monologue
with Harry Laing
10am-2pm Sunday 4 March
This workshop focuses on how to craft a comic monologue. Participants are encouraged to have a go at short pieces (2 minutes) in different voices before tackling a longer monologue. There will also be time to sharpen up performance skills. All participants go away with a monologue they’ve had a chance to work on and read/perform.
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