syn·aes·the·sia – a subjective sensation that occurs in one sense modality when another modality is stimulated…. syn·aes·thet'ic – involving more than one sense
Chris Corbett has written over forty hours of television – including episodes of MISS FISHER’S MURDER MYSTERIES, STINGERS, THE DOCTOR BLAKE MYSTERIES, BLUE HEELERS, THE SECRET LIFE OF US, MCLEOD’S DAUGHTERS and ALL SAINTS. He also wrote and produced the short films FENCES and THE APPLICANT which have screened at various festivals around the world including Tropfest and […]
Plotting to create ‘narrative traction’, the page turning quality that drives readers through a book (and keeps them up until 3am) Aims: To learn new way of thinking about both writing and reading that raises your awareness of how page turning quality is created To learn techniques and strategies for writing narrative traction
Graham Simsion is the author of The Rosie Project, background is in script writing He is the only person who could have written The Rosie Project, but everyone has the ability to write their own story. Male protagonist (Don) was easy to write, Rosie was the hardest – was originally called Clara but she was […]
Kate Cuthbert (Escape digital imprint) and Sue Brockhoff (Harlequin Single Title) Pitching is way to get attention, get to know editor or publishing house Good way of getting manuscript in front of editor Before you pitch: Are you ready? Who Who are you pitching to? What are they looking for? What are they […]
Susanna Rogers – 2nd degree black belt in kickboxing, published romance author. Publishes under the name Nina Blake likes to feel powerful teaches kickboxing can’t run, catch or throw, but can kick and punch When in stressful situation or danger: fight or flight mechanism kicks in Physiological changes include: heart rate rises increased blood […]
I have to admit that I had a great time at the dinner on Saturday night, and went to a room party afterwards. I decided to sleep in a bit on Sunday morning so I missed the first session of the day (which was noted as TBA in my schedule anyway), and got there in […]
Revision and Self-Editing for Publication (2nd edition) – James Scott Bell No manuscript is ever submitted exactly the same as it will be published – revisions will be required. Just accept that. Have a strategic approach to revision to make it consistent and easier. Robert Heinlein’s 2 rules for writing 1. You must write […]
Jenn J. McLeod is an Australian author, who writes rural romance set in small towns. This is the first time she has presented a panel, and although I am not particularly interested in RuRo myself, I thought the topic looked interesting for someone writing crime or thriller stories. The secrets part features highly in those, […]
How to write Dazzling Dialogue for your characters. Definition Dialogue is a compression and extension of action The 8 essentials: 1. It has an agenda Every character who says something in a scene should want something A way to create instant conflict is to have characters express different agendas via dialogue 2. Flows from […]
Characters and Scenes Characters How can you make your characters interesting, memorable, different? Good characters jump off the page Jump off the page: Unpredictable, but can justify it: Make a list of possible actions and decisions There will be some that are silly You might end up picking one that is further down […]