1.5 hours
Building 94 - RMIT University, 23-27 Cardigan Street, Carlton South, 3053
Starting at AUD 10
Thu, 23 Oct, 2025 at 06:00 pm to 07:30 pm (GMT+11:00)
Building 94 - RMIT University, 23-27 Cardigan Street, Carlton South, 3053
23-27 Cardigan Street, Carlton, Australia
Want to know how to come up with a killer genre concept? How you can add genre elements to an existing story? Why the market loves Genre so much?
Come and hear from an incredible line-up of writers who have found success in the genre space (with thrillers, crime capers, horror, sci-fi, fantasy and more) about how they developed their genre projects and what they learnt along the way.
Panellists: Bestselling novelist and screenwriter Christian White (co-creator of Netflix series, Clickbait (2021) and co-writer of psychological horror, Relic (2020). He has also written on TV shows, Deadloch (2023) and The Survivors (2025).
Writer/Director of Sundance's breakout body horror/romance, Together (2025) starring Alison Brie and Dave Franco, Michael Shanks; Producer of Together and co-writer of Audible mystery, The Orchard (narrated by Eric Bana), Mike Cowap,
and emerging screenwriter and VCA grad Mikhayla Dennis whose thriller was selected for VicScreen’s Originate: Genre 2025 initiative.
Moderated by writer and experienced script developer Charlie Carman
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Tickets for AWG VIC: Genre Writing (How to deliver tropes with your own spin) can be booked here.
| Ticket type | Ticket price |
|---|---|
| Non-Members | 15 AUD |
| AWG Members | 10 AUD |
