Working the Short Story: a 10-Part Series with Helen Hagemann

Every second year OOTA (Out of the Asylum Writers Inc) conducts a writing competition called Spilt Ink with poetry and prose submissions. To help you produce samples of your stories (hopefully a winning entry), Helen will conduct a 10 Part Series called "Working  the Short Story" (including Mags Webster on 4th May). The aim will be to guide you and refresh your knowledge of what makes a good story. Each Prose class will look at major elements that will have you powering away into your writing. This is a work-in-progress list, however each class will cover one of the following:- Friday 9th February @ 1pm is Workshop 1 - Getting started with writing prompts.

1.  Getting started with writing prompts
2.  Writing affirmations for inspiration
3.  Choosing a different genre ie. prose poetry, science fiction, non-fiction, creative non-fiction
4.  Grammar
5.  Theme
6.  Setting
7.  Characters
8.  Point of View
9.  Plot
10.  General Tidy-up: Critiquing, Editing and Final polishing

PLEASE NOTE:  Places are available in our Friday morning critiquing session. We meet at 10.00am having emailed our work earlier in the week. Cost is $25 including Prose Class @ 1pm.
Check out the Guidelines for the Friday morning critique group @ 
http://writingatcentre.blogspot.com.au/2016/04/critiquing-workshop-with-helen-hagemann.html

Venue: Fremantle Arts Centre, Upstairs Room, however inquire at desk. Time: 1-3pm. What to bring: Notepad, pen, laptop or iPad Cost: OOTA $25 - NON-OOTA $30 (ask for membership form to save). For information on joining OOTA and what we do, please visit our website ootawriters.com

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