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Talking about believable characters
Over at the Queensland Writers Centre WQ Magazine, I talk about my Top Five Tips for Believable Characters.
Characters: we love them, we hate them, sometimes we want to be them, but the most important thing is that, no matter
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GenreCon Program is live, live, live!
Yup, if you’re coming to Brisbane for GenreCon at the end of October (and why wouldn’t you be?) the program is here.
On Saturday 31 October I’ll be running this two-hour workshop:
1:30 PM – 3:30 PM
BEST FOOT FORWARD: EDITING AND
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QWC / Hachette Australia Manuscript Development Program 2015
This highly useful program is open once again, so if your novel is ready (i.e. edited and proofread and carefully plotted with well-rounded, believable characters), then enter!
WHAT IS THE PROGRAM?
Up to 10 emerging fiction and non-fiction writers will work with editors from
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QWC Short Story Clinic
In just over three weeks I’ll be teaching the Short Story Clinic at Queensland Writers Centre. What I aim for is for students to come out of the course with at least one short story that’s fit to begin the process of
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QWC Blog Post – Starting your story: if the door won’t open use a window
In the lead-up to my short story clinic at QWC, I’ve written an article for the Queensland Writers Centre blog about how to start your short stories.
The thing to remember is that the short story starts in medias res – in the
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Reminder the Second: QWC Short Story Clinic
April is creeping towards us, so this is just a reminder that I’m running a Short Story Clinic for Queensland Writers Centre this year. Got a friend or family member with writing dreams and a birthday coming up? Or just writing dreams?
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QWC Writer’s Surgery
This year I’ll be doing Writer’s Surgeries with the Queensland Writers Centre once again.
QWC’s Writer’s Surgery is a member’s only, writing ‘check up’ to help you overcome hurdles and achieve your writing goals. You’ll submit 20 pages of your work (be it
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Reminder: QWC Short Story Clinic
Just a reminder for that I’m running a Short Story Clinic for Queensland Writers Centre this year.
Everyone participates by writing and submitting, reading and critiquing everyone else’s stories. So, you’ll learn more about writing craft and how to read your own and
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2015 Short Story Clinic
So for those of you in Brisbane who are familiar with the Queensland Writers Centre, you’ll know they run a great range of courses for writers at all stages of the learning process.
Next year I’ll be teaching the Short Story Clinic again
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Hit Me with Your Best Short: QWC Masterclass
So, I’ll be teaching this for QWC on Saturday 21 Sept, 2013.
As it’s a masterclass you need to submit your work ahead of time so I have time to read and critique it. This is a one day intensive, so it
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