Writing Workshops 2013...
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Bookings for the following workshops open in mid January 2013!
The Ideas Clinic - Auckland - Saturday 23rd February
Think you don't have a fresh project idea for 2013? Think again.
This short, sharp creative workout uses dynamic brainstorming techniques to help you generate new ideas, test them out and start expanding the ONE that excites you most.
Who’s it for? Writers of all levels (Especially new writers or anyone in need of a creative boost)
When: 9.30am – 1.30pm
Where: St Columba Centre, Ponsonby, Auckland
Cost: $80.00 (gst incl)
Kick-start Writing Workshop - Auckland - Sunday 24th February
Want to get your next writing project up but struggling to get started?
This stimulating one day workshop takes your project from the blank page to basic plan. Using brainstorming and writing techniques participants explore their story, create plot and structure and develop characters. Come armed with your idea and prepare to start writing. Be warned – this isn’t writing theory - there will be brain sweat!
Who’s it for? Any writer who is serious about getting their next project up and running.
When: 9.30am – 4.30pm
Where: St Columba Centre, Ponsonby, Auckland
Cost: $175.00 (gst incl)
Beginner's Guide To Screenwriting - Auckland - 9th & 10th March
Busting to write for the big screen but not sure where to start? Beginner’s Guide is an intensive two day workshop designed to demystify the nuts and bolts of screenwriting. Screenwriting has much in common with other forms of creative writing and storytelling but it has a distinct form and language. This workshop provides an excellent grounding in both and offers insight into how film and television projects are put together.
Participants learn the basic how and whys of writing for film including premise, plot, story structure, formatting, dialogue, character creation/development, character arc and the visual grammar of screenplays.
Who’s it for? Aspiring screenwriters or industry professionals looking to up skill
When: 9.30am – 4.30pm
Where: St Columba Centre, Ponsonby, Auckland
Cost: $295.00 (gst incl) Student and industry rates available.
Book now - http://www.beginnersguidetoscreenwriting.eventbrite.co.nz
NB: Beginner's Guide To Screenwriting - Wellington Sat & Sunday - (dates TBC)
And announcing...
Smash Your First 10 Pages – Auckland - 13th/14th April
Got your screenplay idea? Good, let's get the first 10 pages done. Over two days tutors Kathryn Burnett and Nick Ward will work closely with participants to help them develop the all-important first 10 pages of a new screenplay. On day one you'll pitch your concept, receive feedback, write the first 5 pages and receive feedback. On day two you'll complete the rough draft of your ten pages, receive feedback, rewrite your first ten pages - and then we'll talk about what to do next.
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Re-Writing Workshop
Where do you start? How do you ensure that your re-write isn't just tinkering? This four hour workshop offers practical tips and advice on how to approach a rewrite. It also includes exercises designed to help the writer focus on what they want the rewrite to achieve.
How To Set Up And Run A Successful Writing Group (2 Hours)
Tired of paying family members to read your work? Writers want feedback and a writing group can be the perfect way to get it – and hone those analytical skills at the same time. This 2 hour workshop lays out the practical nuts and bolts of setting up and running a useful writing group. NB: This workshop concludes with a “speed dating” opportunity to meet other writers and find potential group members.
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“Kathryn's scriptwriting workshop was brilliant. I loved learning from her and would sit at the front of the class, furiously jotting down notes like a nerd. Kathryn has a natural ability to connect with an audience. She teaches with patience and humour and she provides cake for morning tea! I'd recommend the workshop for anyone wanting to learn more about screenwriting (and who has a sweet tooth).”
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Ray Prowse – (Former) AUT lecturer – Academic Literacies
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Steve Barr - screenwriter, producer, and development executive
"I highly recommend Kathryn's screenwriting course. Infused with some great practical exercises from her brainstorming workshops. The course helped me come up with my own ideas then apply them to a framework for developing them into a screenplay. Kathryn has a real passion and talent for sharing what she has learned, I found her course very inspiring."
Richard Mans – Animator/Filmmaker
"Kathryn is a wonderful screenwriting tutor, who both inspires and pushes writers beyond the mediocre. Her teaching is very clear and practical, so I find myself applying it to my writing even as she speaks. Kathryn has a rare skill of making the theory work for you - so instead of feeling restricted by the rules, lost in the world of analysis or just entertained, you feel like actually writing."
Enni Tuomisalo – filmmaker/actor
“Kathryn Burnett’s “Beginners Guide to Screen-writing Workshop” was a fascinating and valuable learning experience for participants of the intensive two-day course recently held on the University of Waikato’s Tauranga campus; her vast knowledge of the screen industry, along with its requirements of the screenwriter, were effortlessly conveyed by her clear/dynamic tutoring style. Participants not only valued the generous manner in which Kathryn shared her knowledge, but they also felt encouraged to participate in the discussion times that were an integral part of the workshop. As an adult community education coordinator of many years, I would rate Kathryn Burnett as one of the most dynamic tutors I have ever seen. The evaluation forms from participants were full of praise for both the tutor and the relevance of her material; many told me personally that it was the best writing course that they had ever attended.”
Nyree Sherlock - Adult Community Education Advisor, CCE, University of Waikato at Tauranga
KATHRYN BURNETT is an award-winning screenwriter and columnist, script consultant and writing tutor. She is also a published author and fledgling playwright. She has been teaching screenwriting and creative writing for seven years - and her workshops have featured in the Auckland Writers & Readers Festival for the last three years.
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