This three-week workshop is ideal for writers who have completed previous writing courses or are currently working on a memoir project.
Got a personal story you want to tell but are afraid to write about your friends and/or family members in the process? Learn how to navigate writing the truth about your life for essays, memoir or creative non-fiction through writing exercises, discussion and workshopping in this three-week course. Gain confidence in navigating the tricky ethics of writing your truth when it involves the people who are closest to you.
Details
- When: Saturday 5 April, 3 May and 17 May, 10am – 4pm
- Where: The Wheeler Centre, 176 Little Lonsdale St, Melbourne
- With: Alexandra Collier
About the Tutor
Alexandra Collier is an award-winning Melbourne writer who has written for theatre, screen and print. Her memoir Inconceivable: Heartbreak, Bad Dates and Finding Solo Motherhood about her journey to becoming a solo mum by choice was recently published by Hachette. She is currently a writer on the new ABC/BBC detective series Return to Paradise. Alexandra lived and worked in New York for a decade where her plays were produced Off Broadway. She has written for a range of mediums and people, including Esther Perel, Showtime (TV network), The Guardian, The Age/Sydney Morning Herald, Harper’s Bazaar and Mamamia. She is a MacDowell fellow, a winner of the RE Ross Trust Playwrights Award and a finalist for the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize.