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The Blog
News from Faber Writing Academy Tutors and Students
Elise Valmorbida introduces her course Migration Stories
Elise Valmorbida returns to Australia in March and will teach her course Migration Stories in both Sydney and Melbourne. We asked her to tell us a little about the course and her writing.
Read Elise Valmorbida's interview here.
Kristina Olsson on what it takes to be a successful novelist
Kristina Olsson will lead our first Brisbane based program, Writing a Novel, to be presented at Avid Reader starting 16 June 2020. Here she tells us what it takes to succeed as a novelist, what she'll be looking for in the applications for Writing a Novel and what students can expect to have achieved at the end of the course.
Read Kristina Olsson's interview here.
2016 Writing a Novel graduate Jean Ross on the path to publication
Jean Ross's story on building her skills and searching for a publisher shows that persistence pays off.
Patti Miller on Writing True Stories
Patti Miller, answers our questions about writing true stories and what students can expect to experience in her course.
Read on for Patti's interview.
Chandu Bickford, winner of the 2019 Faber True Stories Scholarship
Chandu Bickford, writes of a lifetime of stories and writing practice and the impact participation in Patti Miller's course has on her writing.
Read on for Chandu's discussion.
2019 Faber scholarship winner Kirstie Bedford on how a creative writing course will improve your manuscript
Kirstie Bedford, 2019 Faber scholarship winner, editor, and journalist for more than two decades, talks about why courses are so valuable to the creative writing process.
Read on for Kirstie's discussion.
Are you the parent of a budding writer aged 9+?
Author Caroline Lawrence has sent us a letter for kids who think that it might be fun to write a book. This school holidays we thought if might be fun if you shared this advice with your emerging young writer and worked together on a few tips for getting writing started.
How to Write a Great Story will be available in November 2019
Arnold Zable on Writing a Life
Over the years of running my ‘Writing a Life’ workshop, I have heard so many great ideas for stories. Here is a list of some of the things I have learnt about life writing in response to these ideas — both as a practitioner and as a workshop facilitator.
Kathryn Heyman. Course Director, on Getting Started
You want to write a novel. You've always wanted to write a novel. And yet, every time you sit down to write it, you are distracted by an overwhelming compulsion to clean the oven, phone your mother or feed the dog.
Read on for Kathryn's advice on how to get going.
Anna Fienberg on Writing for Children
Anna Fienberg AM, is returning to Faber Writing Academy to teach her four week course Writing for Children - Beginners. We asked her to share her experience of telling stories to children, finding inspiration and ideas and which children's writers she likes to read.
Samantha Kent, Senior Editor at Allen and Unwin, suggests FIVE WAYS to edit your writing more effectively
Drawing on many years of experience, Sam makes the following suggestions:
1. Turn off the moving pictures
2. Every word must pay its way
3. Phone a friend
4. Get some distance
5. Do your homework
Mark Mordue and Angela Meyer on the importance of being able to edit your own work
Our new course Editing Your Own Writing concentrates on a skill that every successful professional writer should master. The course will be taught in Sydney by Mark Mordue and in Melbourne by Angela Meyer. We asked them to talk about their experiences as both editor and writers.
Erin Middleton on winning the 2020 Scholarship for Writing a Novel - Sydney
Erin wrote that being given a scholarship for Faber Writing Academy’s Writing A Novel course was an unbelievable joy. I have grown wider and deeper as a writer, learnt a variety of new skills to generate and refine material, and significantly extended my manuscript.
Finding Your Voice with Carrie Tiffany
Spring Sale Price $ 720/$ 610 alumni
When you are just getting started as a writer it can be tricky to find your material and discover the story you want to tell. CarrieTiffany's new course will help. We asked Carrie to tell us more about this new five week program.
