Story In Six Weeks with Mary Ann Butler

The NT Writers Centre presents 'Story In Six Weeks with Mary Anne Butler', a workshop series designed to transform your draft or idea into a publication -ready piece of writing.

“Mary Anne is one of the best teachers of writing I’ve ever come across” ,“This was a brilliant series of workshops”, “It’s a fantastic course and Mary Anne’s a fantastic teacher – she really is one of the best I’ve ever had in the writing world. I’m in awe now of how far my work has come in these 6 (ok, 7) weeks” – Participant feedback, Story in Six Weeks 2023

This engaging online workshop series with award-winning author Mary Anne Butler, supports participants to produce a solid narrative map from which to complete their longer form story, novel, novella, memoir, narrative non-fiction work, or stage play. Sessions will cover essential skills of the craft including character, voice, theme, narrative stakes, plot, structure, dialogue and nailing down a central question to guide you through the work.

Starting Sunday 27th Oct and running for six weeks, 2pm – 5pm (ACST).

Mary Anne Butler’s plays have won the Victorian Prize for Literature, Victorian Premier’s Drama Award, Shane and Cathryn Brennan Prize for Playwriting, a stage AWGIE and two NT Chief Minister’s Book of the Year Awards. She’s been nominated for the Griffin Theatre Award and twice for the Nick Enright Award [NSW Literary Awards]. Mary Anne is a Sidney Myer Creative Fellow, Arts NT Fellow, Winston Churchill Fellow, Regional Arts Fellow and Asialink Fellow. She holds an MPhil in Creative Writing, MEd in Arts Education, and is undertaking a PhD in Literature, investigating how we write hope into the realist literature of the Anthropocene.