English Teachers as Bad Writers Club

The English Teachers as Bad Writers Club is a partnership between VATE and the Bad Writers Club, a creative writing club formed to practice writing in safety, without judgement and barriers.

The English Teachers as Bad Writers Club (ETBWC) is a space for teachers to develop their writing practice, to step into their writerly identity to hone their own creative writing skills. As teachers step into their role as a creative, they will gain the knowledge, confidence and enjoyment required to teach students to do same. Teachers can use the ETBWC and the community of teacher-writers that will gather as an opportunity to improve their instruction, interpret the curriculum and facilitate creativity in the classroom.

This will not be a passive professional learning experience! Participants will be invited to share their writing, participate in discussions, ask questions and celebrate each other’s successes (and failures). Light homework assignments will be provided to reinforce the concepts discussed in each workshop.

These workshops will be facilitated by experienced screenwriter and creative writing coach, Amanda Falson.

The ETBWC is a six-week course that will run throughout 2025. Each workshop will be held in-person at the VATE Office in Collingwood from 5 – 6:30pm on the following dates:

Date	Workshop focus
Monday 12 May	Building well-rounded characters
Monday 16 June	Character and conflict
Monday 4 August	Plotting; scenes vs chapters
Monday 15 September	Genre and world-building
Monday 13 October	Point of view and dialogue
Monday 3 November	Discovering themes and finding your voice

 

Cancellation Policy

Cancellations must be emailed to events@vate.org.au. Cancellations received by 12pm five working days prior to the event date will be charged a 15% cancellation fee. Cancellations received after this will receive NO REFUND. Registrations can, however, be transferred to another staff member. Please email events@vate.org.au the details. If you do not attend and have not notified VATE according to the above policy, you will receive no refund.  Please note: If this event is cancelled due to COVID government or venue restrictions, you will receive a full refund.