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ClassBento money-back guarantee
Our mission is to improve mental wellbeing through our workshops and experiences. We curate our teachers and hosts carefully to ensure that they are of high quality.
That's why we provide a money-back guarantee*: If you're unsatisfied with this experience, just leave it at least 20 minutes before it ends, and tell us (the ClassBento team) the reason for your dissatisfaction within 4 hours of that time, and we'll provide you with a refund.
* We may choose to limit our refund per customer at $1000. In some rare cases, we may also require you to show us your photo ID before we process the refund.
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A: 6 hours, $249 per guest
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Learn how to tell your own story in a creative way.
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What you'll do
Put simply, life experience combined with a desire to write qualifies you to tell your own story. In this creative writing class at Sydney Community College, you will tap into your inner writer and be guided through ways to tell your own stories.Life’s challenges and complexities serve as grist for the writer’s mill, and nobody navigates this life without struggle. Our experiences shape us and inform our worldview. Our personal circumstances, combined with our lived experience, our observations of the world, and our individual personality make us unique; therefore, the narratives of our lives are unique.During this class, we will read, discuss, and be inspired by excerpts from exemplary life-writing texts. With in-class writing exercises, we will focus on aspects of memoir writing, and you will have the opportunity to share your work in a confidential and nurturing environment.What we will cover during the class:
- Telling your truth - Memoir, autobiography, and the personal essay
- Sources and memory
- Finding your voice
- Detail, drama, dialogue
- Structure: shaping your narrative
- Workshopping - where to now? Printing, publishing, and self-publishing options
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This class is not available for purchase
What you'll get
Six hours of expert tuition and direction in your own writing journey.
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Knowledge required
This is an introductory class for complete beginners and those who have started writing but want to develop their skills in this genre.
What to bring
- A notebook with removable pages and something to write with
- Laptops (optional)
Your teacher
Gabiann Marin
Gabiann is a highly experienced script- and story-writing consultant and lecturer. She has completed a Bachelor in Professional Writing at UC, an Honours in Film and Television Production at Macquarie Uni and a Masters in Writing at UTS.
Besides working as a tutor at SCC, she teaches screen arts and business at AFTRS (masters program), and likewise for the graduate program at JMC Academy. Gabiann has numerous broadcast credits in Australian television and film, having worked in this domain as a writer, story developer and script editor. She is currently lecturing at the AFTRS.Known for her hands-on, practical, thought-provoking, conversational and informative teaching style, Gabiann is the tutor every aspiring writer looks for. Her classes aren't for people who just want to sit back and follow the manual!Gabiann says she enjoys inspiring people to create great stories and helping writers reach their full potential.
Your host
Sydney Community College is a social enterprise with a mission to offer innovative continuing adult education programmes that support individual efforts and facilitate sustainable social change.Our mission is to enrich lives, to strengthen adult individuals and to build communities through innovative high quality continuing education and training.
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