华文少年小说写作线上工作坊

许友彬

How to Write a Chinese Language Young Adult Novel

with Khor Ewe Pin

工作坊为参与者提供了解与练习写作少年小说的机会,藉此来提升参与者的写作技巧。工作坊会以华语授课。

Have you always wanted to write a Young Adult Novel in Chinese? This course for emerging & developing Chinese language writers will provide participants with the skills, techniques & approaches to writing a young adult novel. This workshop will be conducted in Mandarin Chinese.

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Summary 概要

课程编号: C6

四场工作坊,每场两小时三十分钟
初级至中级写作者
名额有限 (特别鼓励有潜力的写作人提出申请)

Course code: C6

4 online workshops of 2.5-hours each

For Foundation to Intermediate Writers in Mandarin Chinese

Limited places available

Selective entry – we’ll offer places to writers who show promise 

Dates 日期

日期: 2021年10月9日,10月16日,10月23日与10月30日

时间:9.30 am – 12.00 pm (新加坡时间)

申请者必须能够参加四场工作坊,否则不被接受申请。

9, 16, 23, 30 October 2021 (Saturdays)
9:30 am to 12:00 pm SGT

No partial sessions accepted

Venue 地点

工作坊会通过Zoom进行。
参与者将会收到有关Zoom会议的信息。

Workshops will take place online via Zoom

Successful participants will receive a private link to the workshops

 

Overview 概述

这个课程旨在讨论如何写少年小说,重点在于小说的写作方法,而非小说的审美观点。讨论的范围包括,写小说与写故事的区别、写少年小说与写一般小说的区别、写少年小说所需注意事项、如何写出吸引少年读者的作品、如何确保故事符合逻辑、如何把故事写得高潮迭起、如何让少年读者手不释卷、故事的哪些部分该放大发挥、故事的哪些部分该缩小简略、少年小说的种类与风格等等。以中国经典少年小说作为讨论的范本,探讨名家的写作技巧、叙事手法与写作动机。向名家借镜,学习成功的写作方法,开辟自己的写作道路。

This workshop aims to focus on the creation of young adult novels. During this workshop, participants can expect to discuss on topics such as the key matters to be aware of while writing a young adult novel and the differences between writing a novel catered for young adults and a typical novel. Participants will also explore on the different genres of young adult novels, ways to create climax in the novel and methods to captivate the attention of young adult readers while ensuring the story remains logical. Participants will also be empowered to discover their own writing style through analysing narrative techniques and writers’ motives of some of the most classic young adult novels from China. Through this workshop, participants can also expect to understand on the key areas to place emphasis on while writing a young adult novel.

Learning Outcomes 预期成果

学员上完课程后,将能够

  1. 说明写少年小说与写一般小说的不同之处。
  2. 在写小说过程中,判断应该重点发挥的部分。
  3. 应用所学习的方法,写出吸引少年读者阅读的小说。
  4. 选择适合自己的叙事手法,开创自己的写作风格。

At the end of the workshop, participants can expect to be able to:

  1. Explain the differences between writing a novel catered for young adults and a typical novel
  2. Understand the key areas that they should place emphasis on while writing a novel
  3. Use the narrative techniques learnt in the workshop to create novels that will captivate the interest of young adults
  4. Discover their own writing style

Who should register? 谁该报名?

  1. 初级写作者 – 定义:首次写作或还未曾在期限之下写作的写作者。
  2. 中级写作者 – 定义:已把写作列为副业或主业但是尚未在主流出版社发表过任何作品的写作者。

亚洲创意写作项目与驻校作家将会从众多报名者之中(包括等候名单)筛选出工作坊的参与者。

Writers including:

  1. Foundation Writers — Early stage, promising writers with no requirement for any publication history. Foundation writers are those who are writing for the first time or have never written with deadlines or structure before.
  2. Intermediate Writers — Writers who have chosen to pursue writing as a full time or part time career with a serious, professional intent but have not yet published with a mainstream or recognised independent publisher.

Participants will be selected by the Visiting Writer with assistance from the Asia Creative Writing programme. A waiting list will be maintained.

Registration and Pricing 报名与课程收费

Course Prerequisites 报名前提

请通过此网址报名并同时提交以下文件:

  1. 500字以内的作品(华文)。
  2. 100字以内的写作计划概要(华文)。
  3. 100字以内的简历(中英)。

To sign up, please register at this link with the following documents:

  1. A 500-word writing sample
  2. A short summary of your writing project of ~100 words
  3. A short biography of ~100 words

Course Fees 课程收费

  • 四场工作坊收费如下:
    • 成人– $125
    • 学生,无业人士与低收入客工 – $50
    • 本地大专院校本科生 – $0
  • 如果你在2021年9月25日之后要求退款,本项目不会退还任何款项。
  • 如果你有经济困难无法付费,请电邮我们。

 

  • For 4 workshops of 2.5 hours each:
    • $125 for adults
    • $50 for students, unemployed, low income migrant workers
  • Free for undergraduates from Singapore tertiary institutions
  • Non refundable if cancellation less than 2 weeks (25 September 2021) before course starts
  • Please email us if financial assistance is needed

About Khor Ewe Pin

1955年生,马来西亚吉打人。大学时代修习动物学系,后进修教育硕士学位。曾任教师、编辑、课本编者、专栏作家。2006年开始创作少年长篇小说、绘图小说等,著有超过40部作品。2010年起,陆续将34部作品授权中国青岛出版社和浙江少年儿童出版社在中国出版简体中文版,并在中国完成超过1000场校园讲座活动。少年长篇小说《七天》《闪亮的时刻》《十月》《鹅卵石》《青色的围墙》被改编成电视剧。曾获马来西亚第四届乡青中篇小说奖第一名、第一届马汉儿童文学双年奖,2020年因推广儿童文学的贡献,获颁第六届南洋华文文学奖。2021年,因居家防疫,学用电脑绘图,出版第一本原创儿童绘本《呼哈!呼哈!》,完成当画家的夙愿。

Khor Ewe Pin was born in the state of Kedah, Malaysia in the year 1955. A former teacher, he obtained his first degree in Zoology (University of Malaya), after which he pursued a postgraduate Masters in Education. He had also worked as an editor (both textbooks and others) and was a feature writer too. He started writing teenage novels in 2006. He sold the publication rights of 34 titles to Qingdao Publishing Group and Zhejiang Juvenile and Children’s Publishing House in The People’s Republic of China, to publish his books in simplified Chinese since 2010. He won the first prize in the 4th Xiang Qing Novella Writing Competition, and also came out tops to win the 1st Mahan Literary Award. In year 2020, he won the 6th Nanyang Chinese Literature Award. In year 2021, as a result of home quarantine pandemic prevention, he came to be acquainted with digital illustration. The publication of his first picture book Huha! Huha! serves to fulfill his long-standing wish to become an artist.

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