Month: November 2015

Our famous Q&As!
Dean Koorey

Q&A: Brekky or breaky or brekkie? A delicious dilemma.

Each week here at the Australian Writers’ Centre, we dissect and discuss, contort and retort, ask and gasp at the English language and all its rules, regulations and ridiculousness. It’s a celebration of language, masquerading as a passive-aggressive whinge about words and weirdness. This week, it’s time for breakfast… Q:

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Fiction writing
Australian Writers' Centre Team

What do picture books and chapter books have in common?

This post is written by Cathie Tasker, expert picture book editor and presenter of the course Writing Picture Books at the Australian Writers’ Centre. If a picture book is 500 words or fewer, how is it similar to writing a chapter book of about 10,000, 15,000 or so words? What

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Australian Writers' Centre Team

Editing and collaborating in Google Docs

This is a guest post from Tamyka Bell, a Brisbane-based writer and tech enthusiast who will test-drive any new writing tool at least once. You can find her at cwordcreative.com.au. Tamyka wrote this post when she heard Valerie Khoo and Allison Tait talk about using “track changes” in Word in

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Competitions and Opportunities
Australian Writers' Centre Team

COMP CLOSED: Win a 2016 Pilot Writer’s Diary!

This week’s giveaway is a book of a different kind – the 2016 Pilot Writer’s Diary! Here’s what the makers of this purpose-built item have to say about it: “The 2016 diary is a beauty! Pilot is loaded with inspiration, writing prompts and advice from industry professionals PLUS more than

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Alumni/Student success stories
Australian Writers' Centre Team

“I got published!”: Penny Webb

We love hearing from our students no matter what they have to say, but when we hear of a student being published, we just want to shout it from the rooftops! We’re a little scared of heights, so we’ll go with a blog post instead. Penny says: Couple of wins

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Fiction writing
Australian Writers' Centre Team

The Vault: Nicole Hayes

Nicole Hayes is an author, speaker and writing teacher based in Melbourne. She has an MA in Creative Writing and runs writing workshops at different locations in and around Melbourne. Nicole’s first novel, The Whole of My World, was shortlisted in the 2014 Young Australian Best Book Awards (YABBA) and

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Our famous Q&As!
Dean Koorey

Q&A: Blue ribbon or blue riband?

Each week here at the Australian Writers’ Centre, we dissect and discuss, contort and retort, ask and gasp at the English language and all its rules, regulations and ridiculousness. It’s a celebration of language, masquerading as a passive-aggressive whinge about words and weirdness. This week, we’re handing out ribbons… Q:

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Australian Writers' Centre Team

A.L. Tait’s The Mapmaker Chronicles optioned for film!

Great news from Australian Writers’ Centre presenter and podcast co-host Allison Tait. Her successful series The Mapmaker Chronicles has been optioned for film – snapped up by Australian production company Whoa Flamingo! Whoa indeed. And while that doesn’t mean you’ll be buying popcorn and watching it any time in the

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Competitions and Opportunities
Australian Writers' Centre Team

COMP CLOSED: Win the hilarious “China Rich Girlfriend”!

This week’s book giveaway is China Rich Girlfriend by Kevin Kwan. You may know him as the guy who delivered his debut novel Crazy Rich Asians to the world – an international bestseller. And yes, this is the sequel. China Rich Girlfriend is another hilarious romp into the world of Asia’s

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Australian Writers' Centre Team

Newcastle Short Story Award 2016

Newcastle is host to gorgeous beaches, boutique shopping, and great cafes. But it’s also host to the Newcastle Short Story Award, with $3000 worth of prizes up for grabs. The judges this year are Newcastle’s own Michael Sela and award-winning short fiction writer Glenys Osborne. The competition is open to Australian residents

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Other
Australian Writers' Centre Team

How to format a screenplay

The world of screenwriting has its own unique set of rules. In particular, screenplays follow very specific guidelines and are a language unto themselves. Take a look at a portion of this sample screenplay provided by Screen Australia. If you want to download the PDF, you can get it directly from

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Australian Writers' Centre Team

10 years in one post.

10 years is a long time, and we thought it’d be a good idea to put it in perspective. What can you achieve in 10 years? Just a few things… (Click on the image to view a bigger version!)

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Our famous Q&As!
Dean Koorey

Q&A: How to use either and neither

Each week here at the Australian Writers’ centre, we dissect and discuss, contort and retort, ask and gasp at the English language and all its rules, regulations and ridiculousness. It’s a celebration of language, masquerading as a passive-aggressive whinge about words and weirdness. This week, neither hell nor high water

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Our famous Q&As!
Dean Koorey

Q&A: Supposedly vs Supposably

Each week here at the Australian Writers’ Centre, we dissect and discuss, contort and retort, ask and gasp at the English language and all its rules, regulations and ridiculousness. It’s a celebration of language, masquerading as a passive-aggressive whinge about words and weirdness. This week, is “supposably” a real word?

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Freelance and copywriting
Australian Writers' Centre Team

The Vault: Bernadette Schwerdt talks copywriting

Do you have an invention or piece of intellectual property that you’d like protected? Then it’s a guarantee that you DON’T need a copywriter. (Instead, you’d want someone who specialises in copyright.) A copywriter is someone who writes words that sell – and one of the most knowledgable copywriters in

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Australian Writers' Centre Team

Candice Fox and James Patterson collaboration for 2016!

a.k.a: “How to meet your hero and then write a book with them” It’s official – JAMDICE is a thing! (That’s our name for James+Candice – seriously we tried all the other combinations and they were rubbish. Pox? Fatterson? Errmm…) Ned Kelly Award-winning author and Australian Writers’ Centre presenter Candice

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