Explore the World of Your Imagination
Stories are everywhere and there are so many different forms to explore.
Through our writing prompts, courses, and publishing opportunities, we’ll help you think of great ideas and create page turning stories. We’ll also help you on the path to becoming a published author. And other authors will share their tips and stories about how they got published.
Author Visits
Virtual and in-person
Mentoring & Assessments
All ages
Meet the Crew
Learn about our team
Our Courses
Spark Your Imagination
Whether you’re stuck for ideas or have so many ideas they threaten to overwhelm you, this course will help you capture them and use them as inspiration to create great stories.
This course has eight sessions full of great tips and practical resources to inspire you to create page turning stories.
Spark Your Imagination For Teachers
Spark Your Imagination for Teachers will help you to help your students find inspiration to create great stories, and introduce them to innovative techniques used by professional writers.
The podcasts, videos and written content are designed to suit different styles of learning. As well as heaps of tips there are creative tasks to get your students writing.
The Star of Your Story
Coming soon!
Learn to create original, memorable characters that readers will care about. These characters will help make your stories believable, unique and engaging.
You’ll learn how to create admirable but relatable heroes/heroines and villains who at first seem impossible to defeat … but your hero/heroine will have the skills to overcome them.
Free Stuff
Writing Tips
Learn how Dee become an author, and how you can become one too
Writing Prompts
Be inspired with these imaginative story prompts
Creator Interviews
Uncover the journeys of Australia's favourite book creators, plus new and emerging talent
Writing
Competitions
Competitions are a great way to test your writing skills and inspire new story ideas. Check out this list of writing competitions open specifically for young writers.
News
General Writing Tips
Read Dee’s writing tips for suggestions on how to improve your writing.
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Editing, Writing Competitions and Submitting to Publishers
To be a writer takes more than talent. You will also need to persist, keep writing, keep trying to get […]
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Writing Careers
What kinds of careers can a writer get into? You might be surprised how many jobs require creative writing skills!
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Improve your skills with fun and easy-to-follow writing courses, made just for kids!
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