Writers Victoria

Over five months, best-selling author Kylie Chan will read and provide feedback on extracts from your fantasy manuscript. She will provide you with comments and suggestions to improve your story, and inside information on traditional and self-publication of fantasy in the current professional publishing landscape.

Starts 31 January. Pieces of up to 1500 words due 31 January, 28 February, 28 March, 25 April, 30 May.

Our Online Feedback Clinics are asynchronous, with no face-to-face meetings, allowing you to engage with the content at the times of day and week that suit your schedule. They are hosted on our private Wordpress server. There will be an optional Zoom introduction to the clinic website for those less confident with technology, which will be recorded for those who cannot attend live. For more information on our online feedback clinics, please read our FAQs. 

You Will Learn:

• Solidifying point-of-view to enhance reader immersion
• Integrating the classical three-act structure in a fantasy setting
• Developing characters to rise above stereotypes and cliches
• Lifting tension and intensifying conflict to make a true page-turner
• Expert tips for navigating the professional publication landscape

About the Tutor:

Kylie Chan has a BBus, an MBA in IT and an MPhil in Creative Writing. She started out as an IT consultant specialising in business intelligence systems in Australia, and then had her own consulting business for ten years in Hong Kong. When she returned to Australia in 2002, Kylie studied martial arts and Buddhist and Taoist philosophy, and wrote the bestselling nine-book Dark Heavens series, a fantasy based on Chinese mythology. She has recently released the Dragon Empire science fiction series.

Not a Member?

Members of Writers Victoria receive up to 37% off the full price of our workshops, seminars and courses. In addition, members have access to a range of other discounts and opportunities and receive a subscription to 'The Victorian Writer' magazine. Memberships start from just $50. Find out more about becoming a member here.

Book early to access our early bird prices! These expire 9 days before the course begins. Please keep in mind that our workshops require a minimum number of participants to run, so booking early also helps ensure that a workshop will go ahead. 

When: 31 January 2023 - 12:00 through 09 June 2023 - 12:00 Where: Online Australia