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Teen Writing Bootcamp: Memoir and Personal Essaying

Online

Date
07 March 2023, 5:00pm6:00pm
14 March 2023, 5:00pm6:00pm
21 March 2023, 5:00pm6:00pm
28 March 2023, 5:00pm6:00pm
CostFree
Bookings Bookings required
Location Online

Discover the compelling power of truth-telling with playwright, poet and essayist Didem Caia.   

How often have you reflected on specific experiences or milestones in your life and thought, 'this moment would make such a good story'? At this bootcamp, we will use the subject closest to us - our own lives -  as a gateway to explore how personal stories work and how they can connect us all.   

Workshop attendees will: 

  • Access and reflect on personal stories and histories. 
  • Understand story and character arcs through personal storytelling. 
  • Construct a narrative using a personal moment from their own lives. 

About Teen Writing Bootcamp 

The Teen Writing Bootcamp program provides budding teen writers with the opportunity to gain expert advice from great writers and tackle diverse writing styles and genres. 

The program engages teens in writing, literature, and publishing with the aim of inspiring, encouraging, and improving literary skills.  

All bootcamps are open to teens aged 13 to 18 years old from all around Australia. They are free to attend but require consent from a parent or guardian. Participation in this program will include sharing work created during the program. 

Please note: to register for this event you must be available for all 4 sessions. 

To ensure everyone has a safe and enjoyable time please read the Online participant instructions and guidelines on our website, along with our Privacy statement

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This program has been made possible with the generosity of Serp Hills Foundation and The JTM Foundation. 

About Didem Caia 

Beginning as a playwright, Didem has developed and produced in Melbourne, Sydney and Canberra. In 2015, she was   a ‘25 under 25’ Melbourne Emerging Writers Festival Writer to Watch. Her plays Vile, The University of Longing, and Work in Progress are amongst some of her notable works presented in Australia.  

Didem's writing practice extends into essays and poetry, with her work featuring across many publications such as Currency House Press, The Age and Australian Plays Transform. Didem's first poetry collection, Dis(armed)skin, was recently published as a lithograph by Sunshine Editions.   

More recently, Didem was a 2021 UN Global Voices Scholar interested in women's rights and violence prevention through education. She is currently producing her first feature documentary in partnership with Film Victoria and Documentary Australia titled, Nobody's Daughter.  

Didem is also a lecturer in ‘Storytelling and Scriptwriting’ at RMIT university. 

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