Beginner’s Guide Writing Workshops offers a range of dynamic, short term writing workshops specialising in screenwriting, creative writing and creativity coaching.
We met at a film festival in 2016 when Kathryn was a guest speaker and Jonathan was an award recipient for his latest film. Enamoured with Kathryn’s engaging and authentic vibe, Jonathan attended Kathryn’s popular Beginner’s Guide to Screenwriting workshop and was “blown away”(actual own words!) by the practical knowledge he gained.
Cut to 2019, and a bunch of work meetings and collaborations later, we became friends and decided to combine our skill sets to create a series of friendly, dynamic, bite-sized writing workshops for New Zealand writers. This is our workshop philosophy: Nobody has to share if they don’t want to. Our workshops are a friendly non-judgement space – if you do want to share. All types of writers are welcome. And we want to help you along your writing journey! Come join us.
KATHRYN BURNETT
Kathryn is an award-winning screenwriter and playwright who has worked in the NZ television/film industry for over 20 years. She has significant television and film credits and has been running writing and creativity workshops since 2010. She regularly runs sell out workshops at the Auckland Writers Festival and has helped hundreds of writers take their work from good to great.
Jonathan Zsofi
Jonathan is a filmmaker and film festival producer who trots the globe on a monthly basis. He has over 10 years experience in producing and directing film, tv and film festivals. He produces all manner of workshops in almost every continent, on topics ranging from Mastering Accents to World Building to Writing TV Pilots.