Spend the latter half of the year polishing your manuscript for submission or publication.
After the monumental task of finishing your manuscript, invest in its success. Work with an experienced editor as you undertake the process of editing your work, through structural and copy editing, identifying and remedying plot holes, weak scenes and characters, and the crucial art of critique.
Perhaps you're always getting pushed back by publishers and agents; maybe your submissions are continually getting denied? This tutor-guided course is filled with information and practical editing activities that will give you the skills and the confidence to improve your own work. Get ready to turn your manuscript from promising draft to polished piece!
Participants will also share in group critiques and receive feedback on 10 sample pages from their manuscript.
Learning Outcomes
Through individual consultations, group critiques, editing exercises, and discussions, Express Year of the Edit will improve your editing knowledge and overall writing skillset in the following key areas:
Develop your skills in revision, self-editing, and critique by thinking like an editor
Design a strategy to identify issues within your manuscript
Enhance the plot and pace within your manuscript through editing
Strengthen character arcs within your manuscript through editing
Develop consistency with author voice and tone
Strengthen the themes within your manuscript through editing
Develop a keen eye for common word-level errors
Course Dates
10.30am - 4.30pm, Saturday 10 August 2019 with Kristina Schulz
10.30am - 4.30pm, Saturday 14 September 2019 with Kristina Schultz
10.30am - 4.30pm, Saturday 12 October 2019 with Kristina Schultz
10.30am - 4.30pm, Saturday 2 November 2019 with Alexandra Payne
10.30am - 4.30pm, Saturday 7 December 2019 with Kristina Schultz
Format
This is a craft workshop for writers who have completed at least a first draft of their work. More information on program formats and level definitions can be found here.
About Kristina
Kristina Schulz has worked as an editor and publisher for over twenty years in Brisbane, Sydney, New York and London. For the last 12 years, she has been the Children’s and Young Adult Publisher at the University of Queensland Press (UQP) working with both Australian and international authors. Kristina has spoken at writers’ festivals and conferences, contributed to industry boards and panels, judged writers’ prizes, and has helped authors and illustrators at pitching sessions and with manuscript feedback. She is passionate about Australian voices and has been lucky enough to work with many award-winning and best-selling authors including Claire Zorn, Peter Carnavas, Samantha Wheeler, Rebecca Sparrow, Steven Herrick, Nick Earls, Nova Weetman and Megan Daley.
About Alexandra
Alexandra Payne will be running the November session. She is a freelance publisher, editor and publishing consultant who has been in the book industry for over two decades. She has worked in-house at both multinational and independent publishers, including Penguin and Hardie Grant. From 2007 to 2018 she was the Non-fiction Publisher (Trade) at UQP. Books she has commissioned have won awards such as the Prime Minister’s Literary Award for Non-Fiction, the Qld Literary Awards Non-Fiction Book of the Year and the NSW Premier’s Literary Award for History. She works across genres and at all stages of the writing and publishing process. She has a keen interest in activist publishing and is also undertaking research on the future of the publisher in a post-digital culture.
FAQs
Are there ID or minimum age requirements to enter the event?
Unless otherwise stated, Queensland Writers Centre workshops and events are suitable for participants aged 16 years and over. If you are under 18 years of age, please check with us for suitability before purchasing a ticket.
Membership will be confirmed on arrival, in the event it isn't current, membership will need to be arranged.
What are my transport/parking options for getting to and from the event?
Information on getting to the State Library of Queensland can be found here.
What can I bring into the event?
You can bring either pen and paper or a laptop along with you to write with. If you do bring a laptop, please remember to bring a power adaptor if necessary.
Will this event be live streamed?
Queensland Writers Centre aims to provide material to its membership regardless of where they reside within Queensland by live streaming some events. Attendees may be broadcast periodically throughout the event as recording takes place. If you wish not to be filmed, let staff know prior to the event.
How can I contact the organiser with any questions?
You can contact us by phone on 07 3842 9922 or email us at admin@qldwriters.org.au
What's the refund policy?
If Queensland Writers Centre cancels an event, we will try to reschedule it for a later date. If we cannot reschedule the event, or if you are unable to attend on the amended date, your payment will be refunded in full.
Except in special circumstances, if you cancel a booking for, or are unable to attend an event, workshop, seminar, or course, Queensland Writers Centre cannot provide a refund. You can contact us to discuss your situation on 07 3842 9922 or email us at admin@qldwriters.org.au
Terms and Conditions
All information is correct at the time of publication. We reserve the right to make changes to the advertised program information (including course content and tutors), but if this occurs, we will try to provide as much notice as possible.
We expect that all participants will behave respectfully and professionally towards their tutor and fellow students. We reserve the right to remove anyone who behaves in an aggressive or disruptive manner. If a participant is asked to leave the class on this basis, we will not offer a refund.
We cannot accept responsibility for any loss, damage or expense sustained by students as a result of an event or circumstance whether arising from natural cause, human agency or beyond our control otherwise.