Daily Review Masterclass: The Ten Fundamentals of Creative Writing with Joanna Murray-Smith

About Daily Review Masterclass: The Ten Fundamentals of Creative Writing with Joanna Murray-Smith

Few writers have had the success of Joanna Murray-Smith across all forms of creating from prose to stage to screen. Her plays are performed and published around the world and her plays and novels have been translated into many languages.

During this 3 hour Masterclass, Joanna Murray-Smith will:

- Lead hands-on creative writing exercises

- Provide individual feedback to participants

- Share realistic strategies and approaches to writing and publishing

- Discuss the art of collaboration

- Discuss the development of character, plot, structure and dialogue

- Share stories about her work and provide insights into the development of ideas from the page to stage, screen and publication

Tickets are strictly limited so book your place now for this unique and informative experience.

Daily Review Masterclasses are presented in partnership with Sofitel Melbourne on Collins.

Speaker Profile

Joanna Murray-Smith is an alumni of Columbia University's Creative Writing graduate course in New York and is a former Vice Chancellor's Fellow at Melbourne University. She has been a guest writing teacher at Melbourne University, the Victorian College of the Arts and UCLA in the USA.

She is best known for her plays that are staged around the world and have been performed by some of the world's greatest practitioners including: Annette Bening, Meryl Steep, Laura Linney, Dame Eileen Atkins, Dame Diana Rigg, Corin Redgrave, Sam Waterston, Iain Glen and John Slattery.

Her plays have been presented on the West End numerous times and on Broadway and are regularly programmed in all Australian state theatre company seasons and Los Angeles' Geffen Playhouse.

Her latest play, a drama about guns in America, American Song, has just completed an acclaimed world season premiere at Milwaukee Repertory Theatre which commissioned it.

Her novels include Truce, Judgement Rock and Sunnyside (all published by Penguin). Her screen work includes the ABC TV legal drama Janus and the recently broadcast made for TV opera, The Divorce.  

She is currently working on a new feature film produced by Bryan Brown. Her opera librettos commissioned by Opera Australia include The Divorce and Love in the Age of Therapy.

Event Capacity: 30

Attendees are requested to bring note pad and pen or electronic devices.

Please note: This is a Wheelchair accessible event.

Returns policy:
Tickets may be refunded if you contact us at least 14 days before the course start date. Please see our terms and conditions for more information on our refund policy.