Manuscript Polishing Kit at the NSW Writers’ Centre

Preparing a manuscript for publication can be daunting but it needn’t be. Gaining some knowledge about what publishers are looking for and how to add that extra edge and polish can make a difference.

A short weekend course at the NSW Writers’ Centre offers an opportunity to review your manuscript in preparation for submitting to publishers.

This course is not for beginners but for those who have already completed several drafts of a manuscript and are seriously ready to critique and edit their work before sending it off to publishers.

Participants should be prepared to give and receive constructive comments and feedback.

Brush up on how to review a work objectively; how to avoid common pitfalls; how to enhance the best features of a fiction narrative; how to edit and polish a work of fiction and how to format and submit a manuscript to publishers.

 

Manuscript Polishing Kit

Fear Factor Terror Incognito

 

Who: Sharon Rundle

 When: Saturday 26 & Sunday 27 November,

10am – 4pm

…….. Where:: NSW Writers’ Centre,

………………………………….Garry Owen House, Callan Park, Balmain Rd, Rozelle.

Enter the former park grounds from the Balmain Road gate opposite Cecily Street and follow the green signs to the NSW Writers’ Centre.

Cost: Full price: $290; Member: $205; Conc Member: $175
Code: 11RUND11
Bookings essential.

Ph: (02) 9555 9757

Fax: (02) 9818 1327

General information: info(a)nswwc.org.au

Course enquiries: workshops(a)nswwc.org.au

Newsbite: newsletter(a)nswwc.org.au

Sharon Rundle co-edited Alien Shores, Indo-Australian Short fiction, (forthcoming) Brass Monkey Books (2012); Fear Factor: Terror Incognito, Indo-Australian short stories, Picador India (2009) Picador Australia (2010); Peacock Memosaic, a new media collection of stories (2010).  She has published and broadcast stories, essays and articles in Australia and internationally including in: Alien Shores: short fiction from Australia and the Indian subcontinent; Encounters: Modern Australian Short Stories and Desert in Bloom – Indian Women’s Fiction in English. She is co-author of Round Table Writing and author of Changes & Chances. She is an academic at the University of Technology Sydney and Chair of the UTS Writers’ Alumni. Awards include the 2010 UTS Alumni Award for Excellence; the UTS SMSA Medallion for academic excellence; and a Commonwealth Short Story prize. roundtablewriting.com

More at http://www.nswwc.org.au/?page_id=3&category=33&product_id=133

If you have got to that stage where you need to take a good objective review of your manuscript, this short course Manuscript Polishing Kit is for you.

The Kids and Young Adult Literature festival

The Kids and Young Adult Literature festival

New Work, New Directions, New Opportunities

The best in Australian kids’ and YA authors, playwrights, film script writers , multi platform publishers from HarperCollins and Random house, independent and online publishing, apps and there’s the chance to pitch your idea.

Susanne Gervay award winning children’s and young adult author is the Director of the Children’s and YA Literature Festival bringing exciting publishers and creators up close and personal to you:

Keynote with Olympian swimmer, ABC broadcaster and author Lisa Forrest,

Monkey Baa Theatre, ABC TV script writers,

Best seller series authors Duncan Ball, Jacqueline Harvey, Sophie Masson and more.

There’s also the chance to pitch your work to a publishing panel. It’s one of the few times you can talk to authors, publishers, multi media experts, network, meet your writing community and have a drink on the balcony afterwards as the sun sets over Rowen House the home of the NSW Writers Centre.

Date: 25th June 2011

Time: 9.30 am – 5 p.m.

Place: The NSW Writers Centre

Cost: $50 members ($80 non members)

Parking: Freely available

phone: 02 9555 9757

e-mail: nswwc@nswwc.org.au

http://www.nswwc.org.au

Booking essential

If you need somewhere to stay in Sydney I can recommend The Hughenden at 14 Queen Street Woollahara.

www.thehughenden.com.au

The Kids and Young Adult Literature festival at the NSW Writers Centre

The Kids and Young Adult Literature festival brings:-
New Work, New Directions, New Opportunities

The best in Australian kids’ and YA authors, playwrights, film script writers , multi platform publishers from HarperCollins and Random house, independent and online publishing, apps  and there’s the chance to pitch your idea.

"Butterflies" Indonesia Cover

Susanne Gervay award winning children’s and young adult author is the Director of the Children’s and YA Literature Festival bringing exciting publishers and creators  up close and personal to you:– keynote with Olympian swimmer, ABC broadcaster and author Lisa Forrest, Monkey Baa Theatre,  ABC TV script writers, best seller series authors Duncan Ball, Jacqueline Harvey, Sophie Masson, Kate Forsyth and more.

Pitch your work to a Publishing Panel.

It’s one of the few times you can talk to authors, publishers, multi media experts, network, meet your writing community and have a drink on the balcony afterwards as the sun sets over Rowen House the home of the NSW Writers Centre.

Date: 25th June 2011
Time: 9.30 am – 5 p.m.
Place: The NSW Writers Centre
Cost: $50 members ($80 non members)
Parking: Freely available
p: 02 9555 9757
e: nswwc@nswwc.org.au
http://www.nswwc.org.au

Booking essential       

If you need somewhere to stay in Sydney, I recommend The Hughenden at 14 Queen Street Woollahra.