Writing from the sentence up with Emily Bitto

This writing course, Writing from the Sentence Up with Emily Bitto, takes place at Writing NSW in Sydney.

Regardless of genre, style or level of experience, all writers work with words and sentences as the basic units of prose. This intensive two-day version of Emily Bitto’s long-running online course, Writing From the Sentence Up, will re-focus your writing on the level of the sentence. This will be a high-intensity version of the online course, providing practical ways to improve your prose in both drafting and editing stages with lots of writing exercises over the two days to get you putting the lessons into practice. You will learn, among other things, to write more freely and imaginatively, to strengthen your verbs, avoid cliché, master imagery and metaphor, and edit your work and the work of others, more effectively.

This two-day course involves a combination of tuition, writing exercises, and optional sharing of your work, to empower you to elevate your sentences from ordinary to sublime.

Expected learning outcomes

In this workshop, participants will:

1. Gain a better understanding of what makes a good (or bad) sentences across a range of contexts

2. Learn to read and evaluate their own and other people’s writing on a sentence level

3. Finish the course with practical techniques and exercises for improving their sentences in an ongoing manner.

Participant requirements

Internet access and confidence using basic computer software are essential for this program.

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