The Writer's Tools - a 3 day wkshp
Schedule
Wed Sep 18 2024 at 10:00 am to 04:00 pm
Location
Garnet Station | Auckland, AU
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A three day practical workshop with Stephanie JohnsonStephanie Johnson MNZM has taught Creative Writing at many tertiary institutions and independent workshops. She is the author of over twenty books, fiction and nonfiction, the recipient of various awards and fellowships, including the Prime Minister’s Prize for Literary Achievement (Fiction), the Deutz Medal for Fiction in the Montana Book Awards, the Bruce Mason Memorial Playwrights Award, the Auckland University Fellowship and the
Katherine Mansfield Fellowship. Several of her books have been published in the United States, Britain and Australia.
Stephanie is a co-founder of the Auckland Writers Festival.
‘Stephanie Johnson is an expert storyteller. Her shrewdly observed characters truly come alive on the page, and she remains determined to keep the reader engaged, surprised, and above all else, entertained. She has a great deal to teach anyone who wants to write – and who wants to improve.’
Steve Braunias, best-selling author, critic and prize-winning journalist.
The workshop will cover the tools writers use to write fiction beginning by developing a central character, progressing on to workshop story, tone and setting, use of tense, point of view, structure and voice.
Through writing exercises, the sharing of work and discussion, writers will develop the necessary tools to create compelling fiction. By the end of the workshop all participants should be well on the way to possessing the necessary tools to write a compelling short story or novel.
Here's what Lin Pardey, internationally renowned writer and sailing legend had to say after attending this workshop
‘After authoring 13 successful non-fiction books, I decided to take the leap into fiction. The highly informative days of Stephanie Johnson’s course helped me shape not only the story I planned to tell, characters who would inhabit it and, more important, how I will approach all my future writing. I highly recommend her course,
which comes with a special bonus, the feeling of being immersed in the world of writing with someone who has helped shape New Zealand’s literary world.’
$550 including lunch
Enquiries and enrolments to [email protected]
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Where is it happening?
Garnet Station, 85 Garnet Rd, Westmere, Auckland 1022, New Zealand,Auckland, New ZealandEvent Location & Nearby Stays: