Event 3rd November: Breaking in as a Writer

Thursday, 15 October 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Event 3rd November: Breaking in as a Writer

Writing short stories, poems, feature films and you’re not sure what the next step is? Then this is an event you won’t want to miss.

A writer is anyone who writes. It seems obvious, but so many unpublished writers lack the confidence to take their work seriously. While others spend all their time talking about writing, and none of it actually writing.

Hear Linda Niccol (www.lindaniccol.com) tell you how she took her writing seriously. How she got her two collections of short stories published “The Geometry of Desire” and “The Temperature of Water”. How her feature script “Second Hand Wedding” went on to become the most successful low budget NZ film. And most importantly how you go about backing yourself.

Linda will also talk about what professional organisations are out there to help writers develop their craft. Discuss the realities of money in the New Zealand context. And cover the pros and cons of writing competitions.
The Arts Hub Forums are hosted by Hutt Valley Community Arts with the assistance of the Creative Communities Hutt City Funding Scheme. They provide artists an opportunity to learn, discuss, network, and create, and a place to voice ideas and concerns, share resources, and seek answers.

Arts Hub Forums in Lower Hutt
Free events for anyone involved in the Arts.
We welcome arts practitioners at all levels of professionalism in
every discipline.
Parking is available in the Peel Street Carpark off Britannia Street, and the Arts Hub is wheelchair accessible.

What: “Breaking in as a Writer”
Where: Petone Community Library meeting room
Britannia Street, Petone
When: Tuesday 3 November 11am till 1pm
How Much: Free!
Temperature of Water. A short film script based on the story The Handkerchief, won Linda the prestigious 2006 British Short Screenplay Competition. Her other writing projects include feature films - she co-wrote the highly successful Second-Hand Wedding with Nick Ward and received initial NZ Film Commission support to write a new feature film, based on short story Poppy, which she hopes to direct. Most recently she wrote and directed The Poets, a short film which can be viewed on her website www.lindaniccol.com and she also directed The Making of Dead Girl, a short film which is in competition. Her new short film Beautiful Collision is in preproduction.

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