Winter School – YA
Date:
With:
Fiona Wood
Rating:
EARLY, EMERGING
Summary:
What are the elements to consider when writing your YA manuscript? Characters, story, dialogue, setting – just for starters. What will make your manuscript stand out from the crowd?Details
How do you identify and fix problems in early drafts? And once your manuscript is ready to take out into the world, how do you go about getting it published?
You will learn
- How to recognise and develop the essential elements of a young adult novel
- How to find your voice as a writer
- How to create a memorable protagonist
- How to recognise and troubleshoot common problems in a first draft
- How and when to approach agents and publishers
About Fiona Wood
Fiona Wood is the author of 'Six Impossible Things', 'Wildlife' and 'Cloudwish'. 'Six Impossible Things' was shortlisted for the Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Book of the Year, Older Readers in 2011. 'Wildlife' won the CBCA Award in 2014 and was shortlisted for numerous other awards. 'Cloudwish' won the 2016 Indie Book Award for YA fiction, is longlisted for the Gold Inky Award, shortlisted for the ABIA Awards, and is a CBCA Notable Book. Her books are published internationally. Before writing YA fiction, Fiona worked as a screenwriter. She lives in Melbourne with her family.
Read a Q&A with Fiona Wood on meeting your inner teen.
Winter School
Check out the other Winter School workshops going on in July 2016:
- Winter School – Poetry and the Past with Ali Alizadeh
- Winter School – Getting Your Manuscript Ready for Submission with Shivaun Plozza
- Winter School – Getting a Story Started with Amie Kaufman
- Winter School – The Narrative in Non-Fiction with Damon Young
- Winter School – Songwriting with Charles Jenkins
- Winter School – How to Run a Writing Event with Sam Twyford-Moore
- Winter School – YA with Fiona Wood
- Winter School – Ghostwriting with David Brewster
- Winter School – Blogging with Karen Andrews
- Winter School – On the Page with Clare Strahan
- Winter School – Historical Fiction with Kate Mildenhall
- Winter School – The Ethics of Using Real Stories in Fiction with Laura Jean McKay
- Winter School – Travel Writing with Kate J Armstrong
- Winter School – Fantasy and Magic Realism in Short Story with Leanne Hall