Application Deadline for
ACTW HIDDEN NERVE 2022
Application Deadline
4pm Thursday 9 December 2021
About the program
How to choose the perfect word?
How to make a sentence sit up and sing?
What do gestures tell a reader about a character and the predicament that they are in?
Through this online program comprising 10 x 90-minute monthly sessions, participants will learn from some of the most exciting Australian authors working today about the art of writing prose. The topics will include everything from word choice and how sentences work, to illuminating character and building dramatic tension through gesture, and more. The program will conclude with two sessions during which authors will discuss work by an author they revere, providing detailed analysis. All HIDDEN NERVE sessions will be delivered by authors of significance – each has a strong publishing track record and recognised in Australia’s most prestigious literary prizes, such as the Miles Franklin Literary Award, the Stella Prize, and the Prime Minister’s Literary Awards.
HIDDEN NERVE is designed to be of most benefit to those writers who are actively working on a prose project and are committed to developing their practice.
There are two ways to participate: the ‘program cohort’, which will be a group of writers who will participate in the entire course; and writers who only attend the sessions they wish to attend and pay accordingly.