WRITING YOUR THIRD DRAFT 
NEXT AVAILABLE LIVE/ONLINE COURSE MARCH 10 to JULY 25, 2013.
This course is now fully booked. Please contact us if you wish to go on a waitlist.
Meets one SUNDAY/SATURDAY per month from 2.00pm until 6.00 for 6 sessions.
1) SUNDAY MARCH 10
2) SUNDAY APRIL 7
3) SUNDAY MAY 5
4) SUNDAY JUNE 2
5) SATURDAY JUNE 29
6) SATURDAY JULY 27 & DINNER
COURSE FEE for LIVE and ONLINE Writers: $2295 (inclusive of GST) Please contact Kathleen for payment options.
MAXIMUM - 9 writers
Pre-requiste - 2nd draft course
ONLINE WRITERS - Please contact Kathleen for more details.
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You have found the dramatic spine of your story in The Second Draft.
The Third Draft is where all the hard work you have put into finding, developing, clarifying and structuring your story in the First and Second drafts dramatically pays off.
The focus is now on the writing where you learn re-writing and editing tools.
Your characters and story will come alive on the page when you harness the power of critical feedback.
A great experience if you are up for the challenge.
While there is scope to refine your structure, the focus is very much on the writing and making each scene as good as it can be.
It is amazing how everyone's ability to write a page turning story that engages your reader dramatically improves when you learn the art and craft of re-writing and editing.
It transforms participants writing, taking it to a whole new level.
The goal is to turn a great second draft into a terrific third draft.
This is the most challenging and exciting part of the whole writing process as you see readers (fellow group members and your tutor) respond to your work in an increasingly positive way. It is where we focus almost exclusively on the writing and is the most challenging and fulfilling part of the whole process.
"This has been my favourite course. I have loved focusing on the writing and the detail that needed to be fleshed out from Drafts One and Two. And I now see how important it was to get the structure in place before embarking on the Third Draft.
I have learnt so much about the actual craft of writing in this course. The first lesson was about point of view and it has stuck with me ever since. That and other tools such as having a clear dramatic question have made a huge difference to my writing. And I felt that everyone in the class, after applying the tools and techniques, had a strong story worthy of being published."
Kylie Keogh - journalist and media manager
"For me, this course is where it's really at. Getting at last to the coalface, the actual word-by-word writing of the thing has allowed me to connect with the character and the story in a way that I had found difficult to this point. I think I have learned to trust the narrative thread and not feel the need to control it constantly."
Dr Elizabeth Farrelly, columnist, author and feature writer for The Sydney Morning Herald
"I have emerged from being a dreamer to being a writer. This course has made that possible because it has given me the tools and the courage to give it a go. This has been an incredibly valuable (and sometimes confronting) experience. I think we all discovered what an almighty process this is."
Penny Robinson, author and executive producer of RPA
Over the six months you will:
- Receive detailed, critical feedback on your writing and do extensive re-writing and editing to make every scene work
- In addition to the writing, have the opportunity to clarify and fine tune your structure from one turning point to the next
You will:
- Find your voice
- Craft your scenes so your story is well paced, has drama, shape, emotional resonance and flow
- Learn how to make your characters and story engage your readers emotionally
- Build creative tension into your writing and raise a dramatic question in each scene so your readers keep turning the pages wanting to know what happens next
- Experience the joy of seeing your story engage and excite readers.
- Be well on the way to having your writing and story reach a professional standard.
This draft requires the most work, but brings the greatest rewards.
Pre-requisite: The Eight Month Novel & Script Second Draft Course
"The art of writing is the art of re-writing. Success depends on attitude and patience as you take it one step at a time. So much of writing is about re-writing, I never get it right the first few times. I'm of the school that it's in the re-writes that the story is born. It's a refiner's craft. As territorial as we are, it is important to be challenged.”
Tina Howe
"I can't emphasis strongly enough how important this is, writing leads to writing, that failed attempts lead to eventual success, that the solution of writing problems is made up of all the attempts that lead nowhere. The trouble is that when you're just beginning to write, you may believe that words committed to paper are sacred, fixed immutable. But you're not dealing with a finished, printed, copyrighted book, only with an idea, a pile of words that change shape many times before they take shape as a book."
Dorothy Bryant
HOW THE COURSE WORKS
Before each session you will send a 1,500 word document to you tutor and, in the live course, your fellow group members. They will read and analyse your work and give you detailed feedback in class.
By the end of each session you'll have lots of suggestions to work with. This will give you a clear idea of what works, what doesn't and what needs to be done to make your story the best it can be.
You'll be amazed at how much your story and everyone else's improves during the eight months. One of the big differences between an amateur and a professional writer is knowing what to cut out.
PLEASE NOTE:
It is not possible to workshop every scene in class and get to the end of your story.
Before you give your work to an agent, publisher or producer you need to make your story as good as it possibly can be.
Depending on the nature of your project, your experience as a writer and your time commitments, the above process can take varying lengths of time.
But we can assure you that you will have a solid framework from which to rewrite the rest of your story at home.
In the Third Draft Course, it is our aim at The Writers’ Studio to give you the skills, knowledge and accountability to continue to work on your story at home to make it as fabulous as it can be.
The knowledge you acquire from this course, coupled with the First and Second Draft processes, can be applied to create and craft any stories you write in the future.
TESTIMONIALS
"The last eight months have been instrumental in me finding my voice and of bringing my story to a point of greater clarity. I have also learnt how to bring my reader into the picture to connect emotionally with my characters and to relate to what is going on in their lives. The giving and receiving of feedback has provided a huge learning curve for me. It has made a huge difference to my writing and ability to critique myself and others.
MELINDA WARDLAW
"I cannot stress how important this process was. The end result is a book. My book! Not long ago, this was just a spark of an idea in my mind. A spark which Roland, Alex and Andrew and The Writers' Studio team nurtured and guided to help me write a book which stretched my abilities well beyond what they were capable of at the outset.
Now armed with confidence, I know I couldn't have written a book of this quality without their help. Not only that, but Roland, Alex and Andrew have expertly guided my online course in such a way that I'm not timid about throwing it to the lions of the publishing world - I can cast my work out into the world knowing that I couldn't have given myself a better shot at success."
LUCAS WELSH, who completed his Third Draft course online
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