Workshops + Writers Groups

I’ll be your writing coach

If your journalism career is starting or stalling, perhaps you need to talk strategy. Take advantage of my 25 years of journalism experience (both as a writer and an editor) and my teaching of first-person writing to ask questions about where to next. Whether you need to fine-tune your pitching, work on article structure and understand more about what editors want, or you’re a writer needing help structuring their book (memoir and non-fiction is my speciality – check out my workshops) or understanding how to get published, let’s take it to Zoom! A 1-2-1 session costs $120 for an hour. An optional extra is $50 for me reading up to 3000 words beforehand.

Book my memoir workshop

Personal writing, be it book-length memoir, blogging or essay, can be sticky. In these workshops for writers of all levels of experience, I trouble-shoot the concerns you may have about making the leap, from protecting yourself to protecting the family and handling the media. There are plenty of writing exercises to familiarise you with revisiting your younger self, beginning your book with a bang, describing difficult people, putting disclaimers and introductions to good use, finding your themes, identifying your audience and jogging your memory.

I hold these both online and in person. Previous clients include The Monthly magazine; Catherine Deveny’s Gunnas writers’ groups, Asia Pacific Writers and Translators, Bendigo Writers Festival and Avid Reader.

Six-week writers groups