NSW WRITERS' CENTRE RESOURCE SHEETS

The NSW Writers’ Centre is committed to providing writers everywhere with information and advice to assist them in their work. That’s why we’ve developed these free, downloadable Resource Sheets providing answers to all our most frequently asked questions.

These Resource Sheets contain all the knowledge and advice of the NSW Writers’ Centre staff combined with extensive research into the fields of writing and publishing. If you have any further questions after reading these resources, contact the NSW Writers’ Centre on (02) 9555 9757 or info(a)nswwc.org.au.

You are free to share and reproduce the information in these documents. If you do, please attribute the work to the NSW Writers’ Centre, including our phone number (02) 9555 9757 and website address www.nswwriterscentre.org.au. To download the sheets, simply click on the titles below.

Getting Started With Writing
Information on writing practice, habit-forming, using deadlines, writers’ organisations, writers’ groups, courses and books for beginner and developing writers.

Short Stories and Poetry
Information on publishing short stories and poetry collections, individually in magazines and journals, entering competitions, competition submission guidelines, scams and payment for publication.

Drafting
Information on drafting for structure, style, content, copy-editing and what to do when your drafting is complete.

Manuscript Development
Information on manuscript assessment, manuscript development, mentorship, writers’ groups and courses.

Editors
Information on in-house editors, fiction and non-fiction editors, the editor’s role, finding and hiring editors and the costs involved.

Literary Agents
Information on the agent’s role, finding an agent, the necessity of agents, the costs involved, finding international agents and submitting to a literary agent.

Getting Published
Information on finding and identifying the right publisher, networking, solicited and unsolicited manuscripts, presenting your manuscript, after submitting, multiple submissions, after acceptance and the book launch.

Publishing Children’s and Young Adult Books
Information on educational books, finding a publisher, illustrations for picture books and finding an illustrator.

Copyright
Information on what is copyright, how to protect it, pen names and copyright, selling copyright, first rights, copyright duration and quotation permission.

Self-Publishing
Information on the types of self-publishing including e-publishing and the International Standard Book Number with references to further sources.

Screenwriting
Information on getting a script produced, how to tell the length of a screenplay, presenting your screenplay, income for screenwriters and the Australian Writers’ Guild.

Multimedia Writing
Information on what is multimedia writing with references to further sources.

Ghostwriters
Information on finding a ghostwriter with references to further sources.

The NSW Writers’ Centre would like to acknowledge the Queensland Writers Centre, whose resources were of assistance in the compilation of this information. You can contact the QWC on +61 7 3839 1243 or visit their website www.qwc.asn.au.