So You Want to Shape Your Writing

SO YOU WANT TO SHAPE YOUR WRITING_WITH KSP EMERGING WRITER-IN-RESIDENCE EUGEN BACON_ COSTS:  $35 MEMBERS, $50 NON-MEMBERS. Online booking fees also apply. To avoid paying fees, please phone KSP directly to book and pay by debit/ credit card: 9294 1872. _This workshop is brought to you by the KSP Writers' Centre with support from the Shire of Mundaring. Tea and coffee provided._ Learn how to approach your writing with an editorial eye, taking the raw material and shaping it into a compelling narrative. Perfect for writers of all experience levels looking to improve their self-editing skills. You will learn: • Bugs - Getting rid of pesky words • Thin canvas - Saying more with less • Grumpy nanny – Shaping your characters • Clipped - Tightening your dialogue • Blinkers off - Finding new eyes. To form something that feels right, the feeling right is an awareness that can be trained and developed. We don’t ‘just know’ – we learn to ride the shape of the text, to listen to its music, to successfully render a vision that is the work in its best form. ABOUT THE FACILITATOR Eugen Bacon is an African Australian writer, a computer scientist mentally engineered into creative writing. Her stories have won, been shortlisted and commended in international awards. Recent publications: Writing Speculative Fiction—Macmillan (2019). Claiming T-Mo—Meerkat Press (2019). In 2020: A Pining (Meerkat Press). Black Moon (IFWG). FAQS WHAT ARE MY TRANSPORT/PARKING OPTIONS GETTING TO THE EVENT? There is a bus stop directly outside the Centre on Old York Road. The Centre is located on a residential street and looks like any other house: look for the 'Katharine’s Place' wooden plaque sign and bright green letterbox out front. Parking is available in the brick driveway and in front of the hedge, also on the upper gravel level (to the right of the house) and along the street. Overflow parking can be found down the gravel driveway to the immediate left of the house (look for the No Thoroughfare sign); please drive down here slowly. WHAT SHOULD I BRING TO THE EVENT? WRITING TOOLS IE PEN AND PAPER, or a laptop if desired. WHERE CAN I CONTACT THE ORGANISER WITH ANY QUESTIONS? Phone the KSP WRITERS' CENTRE office 08 9294 1872 or email office@kspwriterscentre.com  IS MY REGISTRATION/TICKET TRANSFERRABLE? Sorry, tickets cannot be transferred.  DO I HAVE TO BRING MY PRINTED TICKET TO THE EVENT? No. Check your name off at the door. WHAT IS THE CANCELLATION AND REFUND POLICY? Please visit the KSP WRITERS' CENTRE website to view the Cancellation Policy: http://www.kspwriterscentre.com/workshops [http://www.kspwriterscentre.com/workshops]