Wendy Haynes

Wendy Haynes

Wendy Haynes has been learning the craft of writing for over ten years and has completed a Diploma in Creative Writing at Southern Cross University. Her writing focuses on middle-grade fantasy and contemporary stories for children, picture books, and YA.

Her first picture book Hayden’s Bedtime was published in March 2019, and she is working on a children’s fantasy series, with Book One due out in August 2019.

She believes that having a regular writing practice, and understanding the device at your disposal, is the key to not only completing a story but in building the skills required to produce a worthy manuscript.

She was a judge for the Port Writer’s In-house competition for the creative non-fiction category in 2018, and one of the judges of the fiction category in 2019.

Wendy won first prize for her short story Going Nowhere, at Port Writers In-house competition 2018, and enjoys helping and motivating writers and has developed a mentorship program to help writers tell stories. Armed with a Certificate IV in Training and Assessment, she conducts writing workshops on and offline through her business. http://writingforkeeps.com.au/

Being part of a writing community Wendy has volunteered for both roles of the President and Treasurer of Port Writers Inc., a not for profit local writing group, bringing writing workshops, presentations and writing exercises to the group.

You can find Wendy at https://www.facebook.com/wendyhaynesauthor/

From the Writer’s Toolbox – Skills and Devices to Engage the Reader

Scenes up close!

Facilitator: Wendy Haynes

Pull apart the elements of what makes a scene effective, using a selection of techniques, in this interactive workshop. You will build a picture to engage the reader, look at applying strong Point of View (POV), add dialogue that is only recognisable to a particular character, select a character type and determine why it is important, and embed effective character moments to keep the reader turning the page. Participants can send a scene to Wendy for comment prior to session (writingforkeeps24@gmail.com by 20th April)