Writing Character and Plot
Learn how to create well-developed, complex characters, as well as techniques and approaches to developing a compelling, engaging and original storyline.
KYD Podcast: Short Stories Emerge
We love short fiction, so we’re pretty thrilled to present three masters of the form, thanks to the Emerging Writers Festival: Elizabeth Flux, Melanie Cheng and Laura Elizabeth Woollett.
The 2017 S.D. Harvey Short Story Award is now open!
Calling all crime writers – win up to $1000 cash prize and publication in KYD!
Sojourner Mythologies
A new pseudo-documentary explores modern myth-making, and the ways outsider filmmakers can show us our true selves.
“For generations women have been told to keep quiet, to hide our pain, whether it be physical or emotional. To be in pain is to be vulnerable in a society that erases us even when we are well. So we keep our pain and ourselves hidden. We suffer in silence.”
Hannah Kent & Rebecca Starford at Glen Eira Storytelling Festival
Join Hannah Kent and Rebecca Starford as they discuss how they juggle their careers at KYD with their writing lives, and discover the ins and outs of running a literary magazine.
Writing Character and Plot: A KYD Writers’ Workshop
This day-long workshop will introduce a variety of strategies that can be used to create well-developed, complex characters as well as teach techniques and approaches to developing a compelling, engaging and original storyline.
Kill Your Darlings Podcast: Short Stories Emerge
First Book Club: Jessica Friedmann reads from Things That Helped
Kill Your Darlings Podcast: Dear Listener, From KYD
Kill Your Darlings Podcast: A Day in the Life
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