For over twenty years, Conor Kostick has been teaching his popular Finish Your Novel course at the Irish Writers Centre, and Varuna are delighted to offer it in Australia and New Zealand for the first time. The course is designed to help you maintain the momentum to finish your novel, via discussions of key novel-writing techniques and group-based feedback on your work. Conor will be leading the program from his home in Ireland.
All participants will receive a 45 minute one-on-one session with Conor towards the end of the program.
You will spend the first hour of each of the ten group sessions looking at how a masterful writer deals with challenges in novel-writing, exploring narrative voice; characterisation; writing good dialogue; prose; writing dramatic scenes; romance; themes; world building; and writing the antagonist. The second hour will be spent giving feedback on your work and the work of fellow participants.
While the course will benefit writers at all experience levels, from those working on their first novel to established, published authors, you are expected to commence the course with a particular work-in-progress that you intend to finish as a result of the motivation that the course provides.
There will be up to 15 participants in the program.
KEY DATES
Applications close: Thursday 23 May
Course start date: Wednesday 26 June
Course end date: Wednesday 28 August
Zoom duration: 2 hour blocks from 6:30pm to 8:30pm (AEST) on Wednesdays
Applicants will be notified of the outcome of their application by 10 June
HOW TO APPLY
Entry to this course is by application. Writers will be selected based on the creative potential of their work, commitment to craft, openness to collaborating with peers and the balance in the group.
Course fees are $1195 or $1095 for Varuna alumni. Payment terms are negotiable if you cannot pay the whole fee upfront.
Feel free to call 02 4782 5674 or email amy@varuna.com.au to discuss your application.
