The Writing Workshop

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Workshops starting from $100. NSW Creative Kids vouchers accepted.

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Car park P10F on Bicentennial Drive. Time restrictions may apply. Limited parking so arrive early.

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Location

Field Studies Tower at the Education Centre, Bicentennial Park

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Rhetoric and Persuasion

Monday 14 July | 10:00 am - 3:30 pm

Ages: 8 - 13

In ancient times, rhetoric was treated as a science, and no one has ever really changed minds with three examples and a strong belief. This workshop will help you advocate effectively for your deepest passions, as well as test the logical limits of causation and consequence. Two breaks for recess and lunch. Bring lunch, a snack (no nuts, please), a drink, a hat, and your curiosity.

$180. NSW Creative Kids vouchers are accepted.

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Fantastic Journeys

Tuesday 15 July | 10:00 am - 3:30 pm

Ages: 8 - 13

Quests, explorations, surprise twists, epics, and mighty journeys. Odysseys to new worlds or the centre of this one. Can your legendary characters keep it all together? It won’t be easy. Two breaks for recess and lunch. Bring lunch, a snack (no nuts, please), a drink, a hat, and your curiosity.

$180. NSW Creative Kids vouchers are accepted.

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Future Inventions

Wednesday 16 July | 10:00 am - 1:00 pm

Ages: 6 - 9

Invent the most useful machines in the history of invention: devices that make life fun, easier, more exciting... but what if things don’t quite work out as well as you expected? Write your own stories of new inventions that go whirr, vroooom, clunk, and (maybe) ouch! One break for recess. Bring a snack (no nuts, please), drink, hat, and your curiosity.

$110. NSW Creative Kids vouchers are accepted.

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Revolting Poems and Rotten Rhymes

Wednesday 16 July | 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm

Ages: 7 - 12

With a pen in your hand and a head full of rhyme, create stories in verse, grotesque or sublime. Now is your time! Poetic techniques to drive hypnotic storytelling, set out epics of glory or destruction, and charm your readers with humour and fun. One break for recess. Bring a snack (no nuts, please), drink, hat, and your curiosity.

$110. NSW Creative Kids vouchers are accepted.

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Write Your Own Book

Thursday 17 July | 10:00 am - 3:30 pm

Ages: 8 - 13

How to set, plan, build and finish your own extended story. Create atmospheric settings, memorable characters and gripping plots. This full day will give you all the skills and inspiration you need to write your own book. Two breaks for recess and lunch. Bring a hat, lunch, snack (no nuts please), drink, and brain turned to HIGH.

$180. NSW Creative Kids vouchers are accepted.

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Skilled Writers: This World and Other Worlds

Friday 18 July | 10:00 am - 3:30 pm

Ages: 10 - 15

Create new worlds (past, future and parallel) across a range of genres, and people them with deep, realistic characters. Discover authors’ secrets to unlock new strategies for world-building and characterisation. This workshop is the most advanced offering in our holidays program. We offer new content and approaches for skilled young writers every holidays. Two breaks for recess and lunch. Bring lunch and a snack (no nuts, please), a drink, hat, and your curiosity.

$180. NSW Creative Kids vouchers are accepted.

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