First Draft Postmortem

Thursday 22 March 2012 - Thursday 21 June 2012

Presented by: Toni Jordan
Rating: Early and Emerging
Type: Course

Thursdays, 12 – 4pm. 22 March, 19 April, 17 May & 21 June

You’ve finished the first draft of your novel. Congratulations, but don’t crack open the champagne just yet. It’s time to get your first draft on the slab and open it up. This hands-on course examines character, plot and structure, pace and theme, and the writing itself to help you to a better second draft.

Please submit a five-page sample of the manuscript and a two-page synopsis by 8 March.

Toni Jordan is an award-winning best-selling novelist. Her debut novel, Addition, was published in 2008 and longlisted for the Miles Franklin Literary Award, and won best debut fiction in the 2008 Indie awards. Addition has been translated into twelve languages and has been optioned for a film adaptation. Her second novel, Fall Girl, was published in 2010 in Australia, with the UK, Germany and France to follow. Toni has been a columnist for The Age and her short stories and articles have appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald, Courier Mail, Herald Sun, the Australian and the Monthly. Since 2007, Toni has taught Novel in RMIT’s acclaimed Professional Writing and Editing course.

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