This class is structured to teach people who have already started to write a memoir, family history, novel or short story. It explores the development of character and plot and points to the common mistakes made by new writers. Participants should expect to do a fair amount of writing on their own during the course and this will be subject to instructor and group critique. Expect homework to be given every night. This course is hard work and shouldn’t be taken casually. Students should bring writing equipment and something they have written in the past.
Bryce was born in South Africa and educated in Johannesburg and the U.K.
He arrived in Australia in 1958 and became an Australian citizen the following year.
He entered advertising and over a career spanning thirty four years was the Creative Director of McCann Erickson, J.Walter Thompson & George Patterson Advertising. During which period he was much awarded both in Australia and overseas.
As a lecturer and speaker he was invited by the Chinese Government to give the first series of lectures on the subject of Advertising and Free Enterprise. He has lectured on the power of the individual to achieve any end purpose, in Asia, the U.K. the U.S.A. New Zealand, South Africa, Canada and in his own country and is rated as one of the top five speakers in Australia.However, he is best know as Australia’s top selling novelist with titles such as The Power of One which is translated into eleven languages and the subject of a major movie of the same name, Tandia, April Fool’s Day, The Potato Factory, Tommo & Hawk, The Family Frying Pan, A Recipe for Dreaming, The Night Country, Jessica, Solomon’s Song, Smoky Joe’s Café, Four Fires, Matthew Flinders’ Cat, Brother Fish, Whitethorn, Sylvia, The Persimmon Tree and Fishing For Stars. In 1995 Bryce Courtenay was awarded The Order of Australia AM and in 2005 the honorary degree of Doctor of Letters (honoris causa) from the University of Newcastle.
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