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The Hive Creative Centre
34 Ebdon Ave Black Rock |
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The Writers’ Lounge Writers can drop in and discuss their work, in an informal relaxed atmosphere, read to other writers in a quiet private creative environment with access to guest writers, publishers and editors. |
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Saturday Salon – Marketing Yourself 1:00—5:00 p.m. Learn about linking into electronic media, social networking, writing good copy for brochures and website, crafting an image that works to sell your product. |
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Saturday Salon – Successful Screenwriting 1:00—5:00 p.m. Learn what producers and directors seek from a script, how tp format correctly and develop great stories and characters. Make a start of your work or bring along work in progress. |
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FAW Bayside Regional Workshop and Meeting 7:00—9:30 p.m. Wednesday Get involved in your local Fellowship group. Meet other writers and workshop your writing at Black Rock Community Hall at Cnr Balcombe Road and College Grove, Black Rock. Cost: FREE, plus gold coin for coffee
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Bayside Actors Studio 4:00—6:00 p.m. Mondays starting January 2012 This course teaches basic skills in acting. It’s designed for participants to acquire the confidence necessary to tackle:
Conducted by Kate Whitbread industry professional film Producer/ Director/ Actor with 20 years experience.Bookings: 0414 263 685 6.30 – 8.30 p.m. Wednesdays |
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Cooking the Books 10:00 – 12:30 p.m. Learn basic accounting and MYOB, how to read financial reports and improve the financial viability of your business. Only 5% of businesses survive ten years will you be one of the 95% who fail?
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Writing Development Workshops 7:00—9:30 p.m. Mondays
Summarising a 90,000 word novel to just one page can be daunting, but it can be done. A successful synopsis is a very strong tool for selling yourself, as a professional, and your story. In this workshop, learn how to overcome synopsis block, find the key elements and become confident in summarising any project.
Have an idea for a short story but don’t know how to start? Come and join other writers as we workshop and develop a story that only you can write.
These are totally different genres despite often being linked together. In order to write these types of stories you need to be able to distinguish between the genres and write your stories with that audience in mind. Any SF author needs to do this course before trying to get published.
Our psyches are linked to archetypes or standard character types that resonate in the readers mind when reading. Learn how to tap into these characters to enrich your characters.
Finding your voice when writing is vital for realism. If your writing as a child then you must sound like a child. A male writing female characters needs to find that female voice. It is a vital part of writing and key to great character building and believable stories.
How do you present your idea or your manuscript to producers or publishers so that they get infected with your enthusiasm.
Does your dialogue sound wooden, stilted. Learn to write realistic dialogue. Cost $25 per session with E.J. McLaughlin; Gaytana Adorna; Philip Rainford
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Writing Development Workshops 7:00—9:30 p.m. Thursday
No matter what type of music you listen to it can help create the perfect cadence for any type of scene in a story. Discover the power of music and how it can become one of your favourite and reliable tools in your writing arsenal.
Conflict isn’t just about two characters having an argument. There’s a lot more to it. Conflict drives the character forward through the story. Learning how to master it and understand it is a must for all writers.
Find out the benefits of plotting loosely, giving your story room to change and characters the motivation to grow without the frustration of having to stick to a rigid plot line.
There’s more to a story than a beginning, middle and end. There’s a message, a theme that needs to be dealt with. So come to this workshop to learn about the deeper meaning of why we write what we write.
If the reader can’t connect with your character, the story is doomed. Character Development will help you delve into your character’s world and soul so they become as real as the rest of us. If you don’t have a character, you’ll learn how to create one. If you have one, you’ll learn to make them unforgettable. Let’s get to know the characters we create from the inside. Liz McLaughlin
A well-written query letter will get you noticed. Some writers say that once they wrote their query letter they had to go back and rewrite their novel. Why? Because a good query letter will show you what the core of the story is. So what makes a good query letter? Come and find out. Cost $25 per session with E.J. McLaughlin |
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Site updated: 10th November 2011