Daphne has long experience as a writer, tutor and coach in both fiction and non-fiction, and has won awards for both. She is available for workshops and courses to groups, or as an individual one-to-one coach.
She will teach short or weekend or weekly writing courses at Karaveer or other venues.
She and Robyn Donald are no longer offering their joint courses unless a group of four or five is organised by someone else. They are happy to consider running courses at other centres if a group wants to arrange one and pay their expenses.We would also be willing to discuss other types of courses at Kara or elsewhere if you wish to involve a larger group.
Karaveer is about 2½ hours drive from Auckland, 10 minutes from central Whangarei. Accommodation is in comfortable single rooms with electric blankets. Students share a bathroom. (Shower, bath, toilet and basin are separated.) For a retreat or live-in course you bring sheets, pillowcase and towel.
NB:ALL courses are contingent on at least 4 confirmed bookings.
Kara School of Writing.
Need a writing coach?
Coaching involves every aspect of advising on writing, from making time and space, to organising your files, to reading manuscripts and advising on improving your writing, how to find other help, and how to contact publishers. This will be mainly by email, but face-to-face meetings are possible, even whole weekends. Per hour cost NZ$50. I have many years of experience in mentoring, tutoring, critiquing, judging contests, conducting weekend courses and workshops, and have been published in most fields including non-fiction and poetry; have written and critiqued scripts for screen and accumulated a lot of knowledge about the scriptwriting from various courses (including Robert McKee's famous course), and books, although my first full-length script hasn't sold (yet?). |
