SCHOOL PROGRAM: Unleashing Your Creativity For Creative Writing // Delivered by Craig Batty

2024 SCHOOLS PROGRAM: 

UNLEASHING YOUR CREATIVITY FOR CREATIVE WRITING    
Delivered by Craig Batty, Internationally Acclaimed Screenwriter, Author and Script Editor

DATE:    Thursday 7 March 2024
TIME:    11.00am to 12.30pm
VENUE: Cairns City Library, Abbott Street, Cairns
PRICE:  $12

-- Please note: These sessions are only for students enrolled in Cairns and Far North Queensland schools -- 
-- Please contact your school or speak to your teacher to enrol in this workshop--


AGE GROUP: This session is designed for students in Grades 9-12.

SYNOPSIS:  Do you have ideas that you want to explore using creative writing? Are you working on a writing project but feel stuck with where to take it next? Do you need a day of creative inspiration to help you start or advance your storytelling? This workshop is for writers of all ages and at all stages, to inject some creativity into your ideas and projects. Based on the premise that creative exercises and creative thinking can unleash fresh ideas and innovative approaches, it uses individual and group writing tasks to spark new ideas and inspire new stories. Leave the workshop armed with powerful tools to carry forward in your writing careers and projects.

ABOUT CRAIG BATTY: Craig Batty is a screenwriter, author, researcher, story consultant and script editor. He has published 15 books on screenwriting, script development and media writing, as well as many other industry and academic articles. He is Professor and Dean of Research at the University of South Australia, where he oversees practice-based research across all creative disciplines. He also supervises PhD students working on screenwriting and script development topics.