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The Garret Series: Plot, People and Language

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John Marsden

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EARLY, EMERGING

Summary:

Plot, characters, language… what else matters?! Explore these three elements of writing in as much depth as possible. There are a million different ways to think about plot and characterisation: join us to look at half a dozen of them.

A portrait of John Marsden

John Marsden

Details

Using language pithily, powerfully, prettily, purposefully – unlike the four adverbs in this sentence – will be emphasised throughout the day.

Presented in association with State Library of Victoria and The Garrett Podcast.

About John Marsden

John Marsden has written more than 40 books, mostly for teenagers and children, including 'Tomorrow When the War Began', 'So Much to Tell You', and 'Letters from the Inside'. 'South of Darkness', John’s recent novel for adults, won the Christina Stead Award for Best Novel of 2015. John's passionate interest in education led him to start his own P-10 school, Candlebark, where the motto is "take risks", and every day students ride bikes and skateboards, climb trees, roll down hills and play stick wars. This year John opened a 7-12 school, Alice Miller, at Macedon, which emphasises the creative arts.

The Garret

The Garret is not a podcast about individual books, nor is it designed to promote a writer's latest publication. It is a series exploring how the best of the best start, draft, complete and market their writing. Listen to The Garret Podcast.

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Venue:

328 Swanston St
Melbourne
Victoria 3000 Australia

Contact:

Phone: 03 9094 7840
Email: [email protected]

Registration for this event ended on 17 March 2017 - 4:00
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