The Second Writers Unconference: April 2018
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The art of the short story: concise story selling in popular fiction. With Alison Stuart
plus Building your email list with a free short story. With Sara Hood |
SUITABLE FOR ASPIRING AND EMERGING WRITERS
Popular fiction stories are entertainment, where characters do things and stuff happens.
Multi published and award-winning in full length books and short stories, Alison Stuart is the perfect person to guide us through how to write a short story in popular fiction.
This practical workshop will include how to plot a short story, as well as narration and dialogue. And if you have a short story you’re currently grappling with: bring it along!
Alison began to write short stories when work took the family to Singapore. It was a way to keep writing whilst undertaking all the commitments of her ex-pat life. She’s been published in anthologies as well as stand-alone short stories and has extensive experience judging short story competitions. She was recently published in the anthology The Hauntings of Livingstone Hall, a not-too-scary collection of ghostly comings and goings in an English country house. She also has a free super-short story currently available on her website. The Promise is a romantic tale set during the American Civil War.
By the way, in addition to her contract with MIRA (Harlequin) Alison Stuart has just been signed by Berkley (part of Penguin US) for a forthcoming cosy mystery (crime) series, set in Singapore before the first world war. Front and centre is Miss Harriet, a suffragette, who battles with the social mores of the day to be able to detect murderers and bring them to justice.
Popular fiction stories are entertainment, where characters do things and stuff happens.
Multi published and award-winning in full length books and short stories, Alison Stuart is the perfect person to guide us through how to write a short story in popular fiction.
This practical workshop will include how to plot a short story, as well as narration and dialogue. And if you have a short story you’re currently grappling with: bring it along!
Alison began to write short stories when work took the family to Singapore. It was a way to keep writing whilst undertaking all the commitments of her ex-pat life. She’s been published in anthologies as well as stand-alone short stories and has extensive experience judging short story competitions. She was recently published in the anthology The Hauntings of Livingstone Hall, a not-too-scary collection of ghostly comings and goings in an English country house. She also has a free super-short story currently available on her website. The Promise is a romantic tale set during the American Civil War.
By the way, in addition to her contract with MIRA (Harlequin) Alison Stuart has just been signed by Berkley (part of Penguin US) for a forthcoming cosy mystery (crime) series, set in Singapore before the first world war. Front and centre is Miss Harriet, a suffragette, who battles with the social mores of the day to be able to detect murderers and bring them to justice.
Building your email list. With Sara Hood
A short story is the perfect thing to help build your email list. It may sound counter intuitive to give your work away, but .. .give your work away! In return for an email address you can add to your list.
This workshop will cover:
A short story is the perfect thing to help build your email list. It may sound counter intuitive to give your work away, but .. .give your work away! In return for an email address you can add to your list.
This workshop will cover:
- How to set up your website and Facebook page to give away a short story
- How to capture the email address directly into an email service (will use MailChimp)
- How and where to promote the freebie so you get lots of relevant email addresses on your list
- What to do with your email list now you've got one
Where and when?
Sunday 8 April. 10am to 6pm. 2nd Malvern Scout Hall, 17 Cummins Grove, Malvern, Vic. (Just off Wattletree Road, near Cabrini).
Parking: there's plenty of on street parking on Wattletree Road, Cummins Grove and Wheatland Road. Just note where the residents parking is!
What's included?
A half day with Alison and a half day with me, plus morning tea, afternoon tea and a sandwich lunch. And cake. Always cake. We usually end the day with a glass of bubbles and a chat.
Sunday 8 April. 10am to 6pm. 2nd Malvern Scout Hall, 17 Cummins Grove, Malvern, Vic. (Just off Wattletree Road, near Cabrini).
Parking: there's plenty of on street parking on Wattletree Road, Cummins Grove and Wheatland Road. Just note where the residents parking is!
What's included?
A half day with Alison and a half day with me, plus morning tea, afternoon tea and a sandwich lunch. And cake. Always cake. We usually end the day with a glass of bubbles and a chat.
Got any questions? Email me! Or put it in comments below.