Do you have ideas for invented worlds and alternative realms? Perhaps you should be writing in the imaginative genres of speculative fiction. The New South Wales Writers' Centre has just the course for you!Fantasy, science fiction and horror not only demand more imagination than other genres but also a high level of narrative technique. This workshop shows how to turn your imaginative ideas into a fully fleshed-out story – strategies for involving the reader in another world, conveying foreground and background at the same time, ‘defining’ a mystery, building to a climax … and not forgetting the very important art of pitching to a publisher!
Level: Beginner/Intermediate
Student Requirements:
Food: Tea and coffee making facilities will be provided. Course participants are advised to bring their own lunch.
Size: 20 max
RICHARD HARLAND's latest novel, from Allen & Unwin, is the steampunk/Victoriana fantasy Worldshaker. It will be published in the US by Simon and Schuster in May, by Templar in the UK in June, and in France and Germany later in the year. Richard has won five Aurealis Awards, including Best Fantasy Short Story (twice) and the Golden Aurealis for Best Novel in any form of Speculative Fiction.
Richard has put up a website on tips for writers of fantasy and genre fiction at www.writingtips.com.au. It’s as big as a small book, 145 pages of free advice on (i) good writing habits (ii) action; setting; dialogue; interior thought (iii) characters (iv) story (v) using language effectively and (vi) getting published. This workshop provides the practical experience to go with the advice—writing and planning exercises to develop the storytelling skills that lie behind every suck-you-in page-turner.
WRITING IMAGINARY WORLDS With Richard Harland (10HARL5)
Sunday 9 May, 10am – 4pm
Full Price: $140.00
Member (30% Discount): $100.00
Concession Member (40% Discount) $85.00
Source: Jacqui Dent via Dr. Marty Young
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