Writers Retreat
Thu Oct 24, 10:00 - Sun Oct 27, 15:00
Finfoot Lake Reserve
ABOUT
Join us for a weekend of creative writing!!!
Whether you have a project in development, or on second act, be it a novel or screenwriting you're working on... Perhaps you want to stretch your creative muscles and let out those stories you've always wanted to tell, but didn't know how to pen them down...THIS RETREAT IS FOR YOU!!!
Unlock your creativity with the help of experienced industry story consultants and mentors!!
COST:
R9,390per person sharing / R9,790 single occupancy
Special Discounted Rate for WGSA, SWIFT, SAGA members – (R8,590 pps and R8,950 single occupancy).
VENUE:
Finfoot Lake Reserve, North West Province
INCLUSIONS:
3 nights accommodation / 4 days of workshop
All meals included (breakfast, lunch & dinner)
Transfers from Johannesburg to Finfoot Lake Reserve in the beautiful North West Province
1 game drive in the reserve
BENEFITS:
Dedicated writing time for all writers
Mentoring & Script Coaches
Guided writing process
Story development
Delving Deeply Into Character
One-on-one story session with a mentor for specific feedback on your project
Creativity exercises
Goal-mapping
Techniques to breach writers block and overcome procrastination
Sunrise Yoga and/or Guided Visualisations
Classes will be kept at a maximum of 15 people per retreat to ensure quality sessions with the mentors. No yoga experience is necessary.
ABOUT THE STORY CONSULTANTS:
Julie Hall and Justine Loots are both sought after story consultants, working primarily in film and television, with a deep understanding of story and character that transcends medium and genre.
Justine Loots
Works in documentary, television fiction and feature film. She has written on acclaimed series such as Traffic, When We Were Black, Ayeye and Erfsondes, and films such as Surfing Soweto and Otelo Burning. As story consultant she has worked on projects like Tess and iNumberNumber, both for TV and film. She is currently doing story development and editing a slate of Showmax original series. Justine has published short stories and mentored on the NFVF Sediba Masters Programme for 5 years. She is an approved NFVF Story Consultant. Justine is also a qualified Yoga instructor who has been teaching Hatha Yoga at the Sivananda School of Yoga, Johannesburg, for the past 20 years, and will be taking our Sunrise Yoga sessions.
Julie Hall
Is a screenwriter, story consultant and lecturer. As a TV Headwriter she has worked on commended shows like Bedford Wives (SABC3 and Amazon Prime), End Game, Tempy Pushas and Mamello. She has been a story consultant on box-office record-breaking films such as Keeping Up With The Kandasamy’s and Kandasamy’s The Wedding, Happiness is a 4 Letter Word and Hard To Get; and is the screenwriter of Zulu Wedding (releasing October 2019). She is a mentor on the NFVF Sediba-Spark programme and has conducted Masterclasses at DIFF, CTIFF and for the WGSA. She is an approved Story Consultant with KZN FC and NFVF. Julie has served as the Discipline Head of Screenwriting at AFDA JHB from 2014 to date.
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