Welcome to the Blank Page Society

You will finally write and publish that short story you have always wanted to. We have the program for you.

This online course will guide you from your first word to number 5000. Over the 8 weeks we hold four online Zoom meetings at weeks 1,2,5 and 8. 

Lets break it down: Class starts @ 11 am Sydney Australian Time

Week 1 

We will discuss the fundamentals of short story writing. We will help you identify the back bone of your short story and direct you towards your narrative voice, your characters and basically help lay the foundation for your 5000 words. You now begin the first 500/1000 words of your story. You will email your first 500/1000 words 24 hours before the second lesson.

Week 2 

We will use this zoom lesson to discuss and answer any questions that you have encountered over the past week. We discuss your first submission, and, you will give us the outline of your short story. We will then discuss the characters and writing voice, and, equip you to your first 2000 words.

Week 3 

You get to discuss your experience of your first 2000 words. You are invited to pick our brains for answers and help direct you into the next 2000 words.  You get to submit your first 2000 words ready for feedback in week 5.

Week 5 

We use this lesson to discuss the feedback emailed to you the day prior. You submit the next 2000 words and get prepared for the final 1000 words. At week 6 you will receive an email with our feedback of your second submission and now the hard work begins. You now have 2 weeks to put everything together.

Week 8 

At this lesson we reveal your front cover artwork. Based on the answers given to us weeks prior, we have collaborated with a professional artist and used your answers to create a masterpiece front cover. You will now submit your 5000 word short story ready for editing and polishing.

We will help you to:

1. Create compelling characters: Discover how to master memorable characters, filling in their backstories and body language, appearance and other quirks to keep readers captivated. 
2. Finding your narrative voice: First person? Third person limited? Omniscient narrator? Explore the various types of points of view with which you can tell a story – they all have their advantages and disadvantages! 
3. How to create gripping scenes: Scenes are the building blocks of stories, so learn the secrets of scene construction and editing – how to write descriptions that allow your readers to feel like they’re there. 
4. Building stories with form, structure and plot: Learn how to apply simple techniques to stop your stories from unravelling and, instead, hold a structure that keeps reader interest high from start to finish. 
5. Putting it all together: Reveal a map through the wilderness of creative writing, with clear instructions for where to go to succeed in the next part of your writing journey.