A good writer must develop the skills to shape their creative gift into something that can be admired by the whole world Doin so puts them at an edge when they enter the creative writing stage or other creative industries. The Brisbane Writers Workshop offers courses on creative writing to help. For the year 2022, their in-depth workshop consists of courses that are taught to small audiences.
Whether you want to be one of the many successful technical writers earning from their craft or fiction writers telling amazing tales that inspire, there are many trainings to help you out. We want to point you to the right course and help you on your writing journey.
So, we’ve gathered a few more currently available Creative writing courses in Brisbane. We’ve posted how much they cost and have given a summary of what one stands to gain at the end of the workshop. Because the numbers of tickets are limited and are being sold every day, check the updated Brisbane list to see if a mentioned course is still available.
1. Introduction to Creative Writing
This is a free one day course on creative writing for beginners or writers starting on a different genre. It will take place on the 5th of September, from 10 am to 1 pm at Gympie Library, 8-14 Mellor Street, Gympie QLD. It’s handled by writer and editor Lauren Daniels. This is what the course will explain:
- How to successfully interact the character with the plot to draw a story arc that will give life to your stories.
- How to make up your scenes to be more than just a slew of what you imagine
- The art of telling a good story that borders on truth.
- A list of dos and don’ts when writing.
- How to appeal to publishers.
Address: Gympie Library, 8-14 Mellor Street, Gympie QLD
Phone Number: (07) 3842 9922
Website: queenslandwriters.org.au
2. Short Story Writing with Queensland Writers
This short course covers the advantages that short stories have over novels and the tools that are needed to make your area of interest into a short story that is a success. For the duration of the course, every student is expected to have covered these short story concepts:
- How to define a protagonist such that the story wraps its self around the protagonist in a consistent manner.
- How to create characters and a setting that gives them room to transform, grow, and interact with the environment to create dramatic outcomes.
- How to create a short story to follow a particular theme and plot that will be clear and easily understood.
- When to decide how much you should narrate and how much should be left to the reader’s imagination.
Address: Level 2, State Library of Queensland, Queensland Cultural Centre, Stanley Pl, South Brisbane QLD 4101, Australia
Phone Number: (07) 3842 9922
Website: queenslandwriters.org.au
3. Polish and Publish
This is a very private guided workshop for four creative writers of speculative fiction writing with a work-in-progress. The work could be either a short story or novel. This event is on the 26th of July from 10 am to 4 pm at Bunya House. The cost of registration is 235 dollars. Every participant is expected to turn in their works of literature consisting of about 2000 to 3500 words, which will be evaluated by experts. Your work will be reviewed, and you should expect constructive criticism and some publishing insight. Here’s what the course covers:
- Get the opportunity to review and critique each other’s work
- Learn how to look at their work from a third perspective and improve their self-editing skills.
- Be expected to acquire the skills needed to start constructive book clubs at the end of the course.
- Learn the best way to critique a writer’s work without shooting the person down.
- Learn more about the terminologies involved with book editing and how to use them.
- Get a chance to get into the head of professional and experienced editors.
Address: 1167 South Pine Road, Arana Hills 4054
Phone Number: (07) 3205 0555
Website: moretonbay.qld.gov.au
4. Travel and Lifestyle Writing
This course focuses on creative writing for Blogs, Articles, Books, and other forms of digital communication and has a start date on the 2nd of August from 10 am to 4 pm. As with the earlier course, this course costs 235 dollars and is expected to contain just four participants. This course will be taken by Writer Lauren Daniels, and at the end of the course participants are expected to have acquired the following extra writing skills:
- How to pitch your ideas to publishers, magazines, and bloggers with captivating content without revealing too much.
- How to create writing prompts and drafts of your lifestyle and travel adventures for your blog such that your readers will be left with a taste for more.
- Come up with different content to match your expected audience. What might interest a younger audience may likely not interest an older, more reserved one.
- How to make the most of your time as a freelance writer and how to also use this to make more money.
- How to overcome the famous writer’s block even before it starts
- How to pick graphics and pictures that capture content with amazing headings.
Given how information technology is pushing content creation and consumption to new limits, this is a day training that you should definitely keep in mind.
Website: ledaniels.com
5. Small-Group Short Story Clinic
This workshop will take place on the 16th of August from 10 am to 4 pm. It will be chaired by the concepts of George R.R. Martin and focus on upcoming or aspiring writers who have short story ideas to pitch. This course portrays the whole idea that practice makes perfect. Here, the instructor Lauren Daniels will examine the concepts of drama, building suspense, and climax. Here’s what the course will cover:
- How to create characters that interact with the plot to cause suspense
- How short stories should be your first stepping stone to becoming a big deal.
- Reviewing and critiquing other books.
- How to stay away from being a cliché
- How to successfully launch a book.
- How joining the right book club could help your book.
Address: Gympie Library, 8-14 Mellor Street, Gympie QLD
Phone Number: (07) 3842 9922
Website: queenslandwriters.org.au
6. Fiction Blitz
This course will start on the 13th of September from 10 am to 4 pm at Bunyan House and is a crash course for people looking to publish a novel for the first time. It will involve connecting with published writers, doing some writing exercises, and group discussions. This course tackles the following:
- What makes a character loved by an audience?
- How to create something that appeals to the public and still is different.
- How to exclude boring details.
- What makes a scene and what doesn’t?
- How to leave your readers wanting more.
- The format to present to publishers
Address: 1167 South Pine Road, Arana Hills 4054
Phone Number: (07) 3205 0555
Website: moretonbay.qld.gov.au
7. Seasons and Symbols: Writing the Inner Journey
This course will commence on the 11th of October from 10 am to 4 pm at Bunya House. It will explore all aspects of a writer’s journey from dreams to inspirations and muses. The activities will include:
- Talking about what have shaped participants life and growth as a writer and how that was accomplished.
- Draw the participant’s experience and act them out in the form of exercises.
- Discuss sources of inspiration, insight, and creativity.
- Share your writing tips in a safe space.
Address: 1167 South Pine Road, Arana Hills 4054
Phone Number: (07) 3205 0555
Website: moretonbay.qld.gov.au
8. Shaking the Tree: Magic Realism for Rebels
This course will commence on the 18th of October from 10 am to 4 pm at Bunya House. This course is meant for writers whose works are less than conventional. If you are looking for new and old ways to draw magic from the world around you using words, then this course will do you good. It covers the following:
- How can we take seemly normal realistic elements in our everyday lives and make them magical?
- How to come up with plausible explanations and find a balance between the supernatural and the natural.
- How to convince the reader of your truth, and how it is the only truth worth pursuing.How to make believers of your readers.
- What to say and what not to say.
Address: 1167 South Pine Road, Arana Hills 4054
Phone Number: (07) 3205 0555
Website: moretonbay.qld.gov.au
Other Names to Follow for Writing Tips
If you want to improve your writing skills, here are some other names that you should check out and follow for writing tips, inspiration, and ideas.
- Josh Brockbank
- Geneve Flynn
- Kelvin Grove
- David Farland
Conclusion
Writing is one of the most practical skills to learn today. You can have a writing career as a professional writer or published author or use it to communicate ideas that matter to you. And what better way to improve your creative processes when writing than learning from successful writers?
We’d love to know how these courses turned out for you. To do so, either let us know in the comment section below or reach out to us privately through the email address below. We always respond!
