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Synopsis
Once you have completed a story, you must relook your fiction with a keen editor’s eye if you are to identify aspects to rework and improve on. If you are unsure on how to troubleshoot and polish your work before you market it, this is the workshop for you.
Learning Outcomes:
- Understand the process of editing fiction
- Apply an editing mindset, when necessary, to your personal writing
- Enhance how you give feedback to others about their writing
Requirements:
- In order to participate in this workshop, you will first need to submit a max-2000-word sample of your writing upon registration. (Each piece will undergo a review process by the facilitator and other participants such that you will learn how to critique text from an editor’s perspective and you will also receive comprehensive feedback on your own work.) SBC will get in touch upon full payment of the course to get your sample, latest a week before the workshop. Please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for any questions.
Programme Itinerary:
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Workshop Session 1 (16 March 2024)
Introduction and icebreaker activity (15 min)
Segment 1: History of the picture book, its language and potential as an expressive art form (105 min):
- Lecture on “What is a picture book?”
- Critique on the art and commercial value of the picture book: “Lost in the Gardens” and "Lemonade Sky"
- Discussion on "What is a picture book?"
Break and refreshment (15 min)
Segment 2: Ways of storytelling: How to tell stories with the picture book (105 min):
- Lecture on "Different ways of storytelling"
- Hands-on exercise: writing a story differently
- Group sharing
Lunch (60 min)
Welcome back and book reading (15 min)
Segment 3: Producing a manuscript (90 min)
- Hands-on exercise: writing a children's picture book story
- Group sharing
Break and refreshment (15 min)
Segment 4 (120 min)
- Sharing on "Storyboarding"
- Hands-on exercise: create a storyboard base on the story from Segment 3
- Group sharing and critique
Closing and Q&A (15 min)
Workshop Session 2 (23 March 2024)
Introduction and icebreaker activity (15 min)
Segment 1: Creating a character design (90 min):
- Lecture on “Character design”
- Hands-on exercise: create a character design
- Group sharing and critique
Break and refreshment (15 min)
Segment 2: Illustration techniques (120 min)
- Visual observation - elements of art
- Explore art media
- Create an illustrated character
Closing and Q&A (15 min)
Programme Details:
First Session:
Date: 23 March 2023, Saturday
Time: 10.00 am - 1.00 pm
Venue: SBC Training Room, Goodman Arts Centre,
Blk E, #03-32
Second Session:
Date: 30 March 2023, Saturday
Time: 9.00 am - 1.00 pm
Venue: SBC Training Room, Goodman Arts Centre,
Blk E, #03-32
Cancellation:
The programme can be cancelled or postponed two weeks before the programme date if the minimum number of participants is not met. Participants will be fully refunded for workshops cancelled by us.
Participants who are unable to attend a workshop they have registered for are to inform us of the reason two weeks before the workshop date. They will be fully refunded in the event of extenuating and mitigating circumstances (E.g. illness, bereavement, accidents) . Those who inform us up to 5 working days before the workshop date will receive a 50% refund. Those who did not turn up at the workshop will not receive a refund.
Upon registration, you are deemed to have read and understood the cancellation and withdrawal policy and accept the terms contained therein.
