News: Richard Harland's Advanced SF workshop

Award-winning horror and fantasy author Richard Harland (Worldshaker, The Black Crusade) is running a two-day Advanced Fantasy and Science Fiction workshop at the NSW Writers Centre in December.

The course develops the skills of speculative fiction writing to an advanced level and covers character arcs and creating characters in groups; point of view; first-person narrators; sequencing (the right events in the right order); twists and emotional reversals; pacing; using chapter and section breaks; interactive dialogue; ‘free indirect discourse’; naming; and effective style (especially for action scenes). Also, submitting short stories; presenting a novel-length MS; and gaining access to agents and publishers.

Date: Saturday 5 and Sunday 6 December, 10am – 4pm
Cost: NSW Writers Centre Members $195, Members’ Concession $165, Non-Members $250

Bookings: NSW Writers Centre.


Source: NSW Writers Centre