SOUL OF STORY
2025 Event Program
WORKSHOPS & MASTERCLASSES
27-29th June, 2025
Uncover the true essence of storytelling at the Rainforest Writing Retreat 2025.
Soul of Story, will be a unique retreat designed to delve into the heart of creation, guiding you through every step of your writing journey—from formulating plots and structuring your work to connecting with readers and mastering the art of editing and marketing.
Explore the depths of your creativity and gain practical skills to elevate your writing. Whether you're an aspiring writer or a seasoned author, this retreat offers invaluable insights and a supportive community of like-minded individuals.
Join us at the Rainforest Writing Retreat 2025 and embark on a journey to the core of writing and publishing. Don't miss this opportunity to connect, learn, and grow as a writer.
GENERATING PLOTS
WITH CHARMAINE CLANCY
Unlock the core of captivating storytelling in Charmaine Clancy's masterclass on generating plots for stories. This workshop will guide you through the essential elements of a compelling narrative. Dive deep into creative prompts and exercises designed to spark your imagination and help you formulate a story ready for publication.
Charmaine will provide you with the tools and techniques to bring your stories to life.
SENTENCE SORCERY
WITH CHARMAINE CLANCY
Strengthen your writing one sentence at a time. In this refresher masterclass, author and writing coach, Charmaine Clancy, returns to the building blocks of brilliant storytelling—crafting compelling sentences and paragraphs that captivate your reader from the very first word.
Identify and repair your manuscript with all the tools of a good editor.
CHARMAINE CLANCY
Charmaine Clancy is the founder and host of the Rainforest Writing Retreat. She writes fiction for young teens and mystery short stories for the grown-ups. Charmaine publishes through Hot Doggy Press. She has a Masters in Creative Writing and enjoys teaching storytelling to both children and adults.
You can find out more about Charmaine at charmaineclancy.com.
BUILDING YOUR BUSINESS TOOLS
WITH KATE FOSTER
Unlock the secrets to creating the all-important business tools of your book. Kate will guide you through a step-by-step process of creating not only a powerful pitch to grab your reader's attention, but also that dreaded synopsis. Don't be afraid! By the end of this masterclass, your synopsis will provide you with a handy support system to help with drafting, revising, and even selling your story.
DIGGING DEEP INTO CHARCTER
WITH KATE FOSTER
Plot matters, but if your characters, likeable or not, aren't three-dimensional, authentic, and engaging, there's a chance you could lose your reader. In this fun and interactive workshop, Kate will take you through her own process of creating believable characters with layers and conflict, delving deep into their history and lives until you know them inside out and back again.
KATE FOSTER
Kate Foster is a best-selling and award-winning children's author living on the Gold Coast with her family and second-hand dogs. Her novels are published in Australia, the UK, and the US, and include PAWS, The Bravest Word, Harriet Hound, The Unlikely Heroes Club and Small Acts.
Kate founded The ASLA Diversity in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand Children’s Book Award in 2023, and runs Author Pen Pals, a new Australia-wide initiative in which children’s book creators write letters to groups of students throughout the school year. You can learn more about Kate at:
http://www.kfosterbooks.com
AUTHOR BRAND: Online and onpoint
WITH SOPHIE GREEN
Connect with your readers through social media. In this interactive masterclass, Sophie Green helps you navigate the complexity of successfully building your author profile through a social media platform.
Learn which platforms suit your goals, what kind of content resonates with readers, and how to develop a sustainable social media strategy that supports—not distracts from—your writing life. Whether you're starting from scratch or refining your existing presence, this session will help you align your online voice with your author identity. You'll even plan out your first few posts!
SOPHIE GREEN
Sophie Green is a best-selling Australian author and is internationally published. She hosts the popular TikTok channel for authors: 'Blunt Writing Advice' and cohosts the podcast: 'Dear Rach and Soph'.
Sophie's works have been long-listed and short-listed for prestigious awards and several of her works have been Top Ten best-sellers. When not writing novels or discussing books, Sophie also writes about country music on her website: 'Sunburnt Country Music'. You can learn more about Sophie Green at: SophieGreenAuthor.com
WORKSHOPS BY YOU!
RWR RETREATER-LED WORKSHOPS
Gain experience in presenting workshops. RWR is bringing back the Retreater sessions! You will have just 15 minutes to present a topic and activity that embraces our theme of 'Soul of Story'.
How can you become a Retreater Presenter for these mini-sessions?
Plan out what you would like to present. All presentations MUST include one activity, we do not have talks, discussion or seminars – we promise workshops. Provide an outline of your topic and your activity to be included in the RWR Workbook.
Email your proposal to RainforestWritingRetreat@gmail.com
– use ‘Workshop Proposal’ in your subject line.
We will email successful applicants and announce on our Facebook page. **This is not a paid presentation – this is offered only as an opportunity for our Retreater-writers to gain experience presenting a short workshop in a safe and nurturing environment.
YOUR RETREAT HOSTs
CHARMAINE CLANCY
Charmaine will be running the presentations and introducing the RWR Presenters. She can help you with any of your workshop questions.
CHARMAINE CLANCY
Charmaine Clancy is the founder and host of the Rainforest Writing Retreat. She writes fiction for young teens and mystery short stories for the grown-ups. Charmaine publishes through Hot Doggy Press. She has a Masters in Creative Writing and enjoys teaching storytelling to both children and adults. You can find out more about Charmaine at charmaineclancy.com.
CHRISTINE TITHERADGE
Chris organises meals for the Retreat. She also coordinates and edits our anthologies. Chris can help you with any questions, but first check with Cedar Creek staff for enquiries about food as they probably have the information you need.
CHRISTINE TITHERADGE
Christine Titheradge (also writing as Chris Radge) writes stories for young children right through to adults. She writes in all genres, however, Fantasy is her favourite. Ask her anything about dragons. You can find out more about Chris at christinetitheradge.com.
'Fantastic effort, organisers and presenters.Very well done, indeed.'
Frank Prem (poet & Retreater)
'The presentations by Charmaine and Anthony were packed with useful information, and the interaction of those involved made me feel so lucky to be part of this talented group of writers. Huge thanks to the amazing Christine and Charmaine for organising this!'
Robin Thomas (Author & Retreater)
'As a newbie to RWR it was such an enjoyable experience. I learnt so much and everyone was so welcoming. It was very well put together and I look foward to the next one!! Big thanks to Charmaine and Christine!'
Sarah Tegerdine (Author & Retreater)
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