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EXPLORE YOUR CREATIVE TALENT
Find your purpose in writing and explore the endless possibilities you have to tell your story and express yourself.
Are you guilty of spending more time talking about your writing, than actually sitting down and putting words to paper?
If you find it difficult to start writing, not sure what medium to write for, or what to write, this workshop will empower you with the write skills and turn inspiration into profit.
The workshop explores the writing process and examines writing fiction, non-fiction and journalism.
It is a motivational and inspirational workshop for writers who need to sharpen their storytelling skills and learn the fundamentals of writing fiction and non-fiction.
Through different types of writing, such as screenwriting, playwriting, short stories, novels and journalism, you can learn to express yourself in a positive manner that can be shared with others and communicated to the world, and heal your creative self
The workshop is ideal for anyone who needs a jump start and take that step forward in writing creatively; during the workshop you will have the opportunity to write a short story and get positive feedback through practical and motivational exercises.
The advantages of a weekend workshop: it sharpens your creative focus, intensifies the creative process, maximizes your me-time and cuts down on traveling expenses.
TRAINER Since he launched The Writing Studio 16 years ago Daniel Dercksen has presented over 500 workshops in scriptwriting and creative writing throughout South Africa. As a published playwright, writer and movie journalist, he is a qualified ETD Practitioner (Education, Training and Development) - accredited by SAQA (The South African Qualifications Authority) - working in accordance with the principles of the Department of Education and focusing on outcomes-based education, training and development, and has been involved in movie journalism for more than 20 years. As a published movie journalist, with more than 22 years experience, he writes regular interviews and features for the trade magazine Screen Africa, as well as the Sunday Tribune, The Sunday Independent, and other newspapers and magazines .During the last year he has published more than 30 features and interviews, ranging from interviews with prominent international and local actors, writers and directors, to aspiring documentary filmmakers for Animal Planet. Read more
GUEST SPEAKER Writer and performer Saul Reichlin, who is performing his dramatisation of the stories that inspired "Fiddler On The Roof", featuring the tale Gimpel the Fool by Nobel Prize Winner, Isaac Bashevis Singer, at Theatre on the Bay during March. Reichlin has been touring 35 cities in the U.K., U.S., Canada, Europe, and in South Africa.
DATES AND VENUE CAPE TOWN Saturday, March 27 and Sunday March 28 from 10h00 until 17h00 Planning Room, Artscape Theatre Centre, DF Malan Steet, Foreshore, Cape Town, South Africa
COST The cost is R900.00. There is a discounted rate of R800.00 for scholars, students and pensioners.
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TRAINER Published playwright, writer and movie journalist Daniel Dercksen, who is a qualified ETD Practitioner (Education, Training and Development), and has been involved in movie journalism for more than 20 years.
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