Finishing A Book Project
Date:
With:
Eloise Grills
Rating:
ALL
Summary:
In this course, we will look at how to hew a rough book project into a beautiful, finished beast. We will find creative solutions to address structure, voice, form, themes, motifs and genre in our work and to ensure that we are devoted to its essence, our desires and the art we want to make. Writers will be encouraged to reflect on their work and to make bold choices in shaping their books into something of which they can be proud.
Details
You can find details of how Covid-19 restrictions will affect the workshop here: https://writersvictoria.org.au/about-us/covid-19-information/. You are encouraged to wear a mask in the workshop space. The Wheeler Centre’s policy is that close contacts should not attend the building. If you are a close contact of somebody with Covid-19, or have Covid-19 symptoms yourself, please do not attend; please contact [email protected] to arrange a refund in this situation.
You Will Learn:
- How to examine the shape of your work and to find ways to structure it, using visual and other devices.
- How and when to take advice and ‘stick to the rules’, and when to follow our wildest instincts down the rabbit hole.
- Identifying the form, themes, motifs and genre of the work and using these to help edit it into a working manuscript.
- Study the approaches of other writers and apply their ideas to our work.
- How and when to listen to the inner critic: and when to ignore it.
About the Tutor:
Eloise Grills is a writer, artist and author of big beautiful female theory (Affirm Press, 2022). She loves supporting artists and writers to hone their craft and has done so through university tutoring, disability art facilitation, mentoring, online courses like her self-styled Finishing Up Club and Express Media’s Toolkits program. She is interested in creative work that plays in the boundaries of genres and forms, taking radical risks.
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Venue:
Melbourne
3000 Australia
Contact:
Phone: (03) 9917 8463
Email: [email protected]