ELEMENTS OF FICTION
Masterclass series with Emily Perkins & Charlotte Wood
The course is now oversubscribed! Thanks for your interest and apologies to those who have missed out.
ELEMENTS OF FICTION covers some of the most stimulating and enjoyable aspects of writing in five stand-alone masterclasses: Voice, Texture, Time, Tension, and People.
Each hour-long session takes the form of a conversation around the theme, and will include tips for different approaches, discussion of effects, recommended reading, and what Charlotte and Emily have learned over the course of writing and editing 19 books between them.
These monthly Zoom classes are open to all - from established writers to those with the first germ of an idea - and while the conversations will centre on fiction, creative non-fiction writers will find useful material here too.
Participants are invited to send questions in advance, as well as post questions on the day. If you’d like to attend the class but can’t make it to the live session, you can still enrol and receive the recording - a link to these will be sent to all enrollees the day after each session. Masterclasses are $45AUD each and can be booked all together or individually.
5 March Voice
Finding the right voice is essential to getting a writing project off the ground. We’ll start our programme looking at how to work with point of view, vocabulary, sounds, rhythms, attitudes, mood and the senses.
2 April Texture
Following on from Voice, this session looks closely at paying attention, selecting details, creating an atmosphere, and the textural properties of language.
7 May Time
A vital and excitingly flexible element of narrative. We’ll discuss structure, pace, leaps, repetition and other aspects of time in writing.
4 June Tension
How do writers keep readers engaged? We’ll look at plot hooks, subtext, withholding, strangeness, pressure, containment, and creating enticement.
2 July People
Our final session will focus on fascination with behaviour, what makes an interesting character, interior and exterior action, layers and surprises, and the unseen.