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Melbourne Workshops
Cost $220.
Bookings: Virginia Lowe :
Register here to Book or Phone (03) 9578 5689
CReATe a kids’book
Saturdays at Ormond.
General workshops, largely picture books, Virgina Lowe, some with illustrator tutor as well).
2010 Workshops
30 January
17 April
31 July
28 August
23 October
27 November
New for 2010 Sunday at Ormond.
Over two Sunday mornings
14 and 28 February
Create a Kids’ Novel - with novelist Jennifer Dabbs.
Saturday 11 September at Ormond
Rural Workshops in Victoria 2010
Heathcote (near Bendigo)
18 Sepetmber
Geelong
16 October
Workshop in Queensland 2010
Brisbane
15 May
Workshop in South Australia 2010
Adelaide
7 August
Workshop in Northern Territory 2010
Alice Springs
14 August
Bookings: Register here to book a place
Do you know how many pages there are in a picture book? How to make a storyboard? How to submit a piece of work to publishers? All this and much more!
* Professional writers, artists and designers who wish to expand their career opportunities
* Those who have always wanted to make a book for children, but have no formal training (grandmothers are good customers)
* Those who discover their novels are more suitable for adolescents than adults.
Everyone will benefit from these workshops. This is the only workshop which offers the experience of two enthusiastic and experienced tutors, one for the words and one for the pictures (though both can work on either). There are exercises in the craft of writing, drawing and book design. We offer advice on approaching publishers, and also discuss ways of self-publishing. Novelists, short story writers and children's poets are all welcome and benefit from the experience of sharing their work with the other participants and the tutors.
The workshops have been offered since 1997.
Virginia specialises in the writing process, structuring a story and the selection of words. She is happy to advise on the writing of books for children of all ages. Jo advises participants on the visual creation of characters and their environments, styles of drawing, painting and book design.
Bring your story ideas, your characters, your anecdotes, the pictures that inspired you. If you have none of these, bring yourself and we guarantee you will have a workable story idea, structured to fit picture book format, by the end of the workshop day - something to work on during the next month. Come equipped with your work in hand, a sketch book and pencil, and also paper for writing.
Novel Workshops: Novelist Jennifer Dabbs is the tutor, with Virginia Lowe. First chapters up to 1000 words will be assessed for participants in advance of the workshop (to be submitted at least a week before).The novel workshop covers the essential elements of novel writing: point of view, characterisation, dialogue, setting and structure. Each participant receives a comprehensive handout.
Bookings:
Virginia 03 9578 5689, or email: Click here to make a booking
Jennifer Dabbs 0433 798 168
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