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#NZSA CONNECTS - Webworkshop with Paddy Richardson
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From the First Sentence: A Workshop on Crime Writing – with Paddy Richardson - 12pm to 2pm 11 June
NZSA WebWorkshop 3: NZSA Members – $30. (Non-members – $60)
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‘It was a wrong number that started it, the telephone ringing three times in the dead of night, and the voice on the other end asking for someone he was not.’ Paul Auster, City of Glass
From the first sentence, a crime novel has to generate intrigue, tension and conflict. This 2-hour workshop will explore the creation of plot, pace and structure in crime writing. Questions can be submitted before and during the session.
Paddy Richardson is the author of two collections of short stories and seven novels. Four of her crime novels have been published overseas and her most recent historical novel, ‘Through the Lonesome Dark’ was shortlisted for the New Zealand Historical Novel Award and longlisted for The Dublin International Literature Award.
Paddy has been awarded four Creative New Zealand Awards, the University of Otago Burns Fellowship, the Beatson Fellowship, the James Wallace Arts Trust Residency Award and the Randell Cottage Residency. Her novels ‘Traces of Red’ and ‘Cross Fingers’ have been long-listed for the Ngaio Marsh Award and ‘Hunting Blind’ and ‘Swimming in the Dark’, short-listed.
She is an experienced teacher of creative writing, has been a speaker at many writing festivals, is a mentor for the NZSA Creative Writing Programmes and has judged many awards.
NZSA WebWorkshops
A series of webinars to enable ongoing professional development. This series features writers and industry professionals offering virtual workshops on wide and varied topics such as self-publishing, romance writing, poetry, structure, short stories, pitching, contract advice, dystopian writing, and the business of writing.
Upcoming
Introduction to Flash Fiction: The what, why and when of it – with Michelle Elvy - 2pm to 4 pm, 18 June
Picture Book Magic – with Kyle Mewburn - 2pm to 4 pm, 22 July
NZSA Members – $30. (Non-members – $60) BOOK IN
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