with Sandy Vaile

You’ve heard the show, don’t tell adage a million times but has anyone ever explained where and when to apply it? This workshop is for fiction writers who want to decipher the contradictions in this mantra so they can avoid author intrusion and maximise emotive details.

with TJ Hamilton

Have you ever watched a police procedural show or read novels and wondered where the writers get their information? TJ Hamilton is a former Sydney police officer turned author, who uses her knowledge to advise and consult on numerous Australian TV dramas and she’s going to tell you how and where.

This workshop will teach you how to hone in your research skills to make your stories authentic and relatable to your audience. Most importantly it will answer the question: when does drama become more important than facts in storytelling?

with Isobelle Carmody

Having practiced and honed the art of storytelling over many years, Isobelle will guide participants through a series of exercises designed to allow them to tap into their ability to communicate, to enhance and sharpen creative writing skills. She believes that writing is a journey a writer makes into themselves. The deeper that journey, the more likely it is that the resulting story will find echoes and resonances in the minds and hearts of readers.

with James Bradley

From climate catastrophe to pandemics to militant theocracy, the end of the world has never seemed more imminent, or more popular in fiction. This three hour workshop will analyse some of the reasons for the popularity of these dystopic and post-apocalyptic futures, and help participants generate and develop ideas so they can create their own. Topics include tools for inspiration, the pleasures and possibilities of world-building and the challenges of writing about climate change.

with Ruby Hamad

Starting out in non-fiction writing can be confusing as well as daunting. From choosing a topic that will keep you inspired and finding the right way to say it, to managing personal expectations and absorbing feedback. Many of us begin writing as a means to both seek understanding and try to understand others. But how do you maintain your vision and voice in a world that claims to value authenticity but so often tries to change it? Truth can be relative and frequently impossible to obtain but sincerity is within everyone's reach.

with Jessica Alice (via Zoom unless social distancing rules are relaxed)

*This is a Writers SA Member only event. You must be logged in to secure your spot.

*If you are a member of any of the National Writers Centre Network state centres, contact us directly at info@writerssa.org.au with your name, phone number, and membership number to make your booking.

When writers work together, something magical happens. Welcome to Work Space, an inspiration-fuelled day of writing, planning, and not-gross networking, designed with you in mind. Over the course of a day, we'll connect over video chat to meet each other and tap into our inner muses. We'll start with creative writing exercises then break out for individual writing time, before getting back together for sharing and workshopping. Most of all, this day is designed for you to carve out some hardcore writing time.

with Aislinn Kearns

There are a few tricks to self-publishing successfully and a lot of traps that will slow you down. After writing the best book you can, mostly it’s a combination of luck, a great cover, even better reviews and an advertising schedule and budget, but without understanding how it all works, how will you know if you’re on track?

If you’re struggling with the concept of self-publishing and the actual steps it takes to get your book or your story to a market online or in print, or you’ve loaded your book to a platform but you still aren’t really sure what to do next or how to maximise sales then this workshop is for you.