Would you like to have a go at writing place? Would you like to learn how to write about place in a way that elevates the experience of it for your reader? Would you like to know my own approach to writing place?
If you answered Yes to any of the above, my upcoming Tas Writers workshop could be just the thing. Scroll down for more information about what the workshop includes, otherwise, here’s the skinny:
Saturday, September 13
10am – 1pm
Launceston Library
Cost: $90 / Taswriters members $80 / Taswriters student members $45
Take Me Away: Place Writing that Zings
We’ve all heard it said of certain fiction that ‘the landscape was like another character’.
How does a writer create this sense of depth and complexity when it comes to place-telling?
In this practical workshop, we will explore ways to write about landscapes, suburbia, homes and buildings that invite the reader to step into place, like that wardrobe door into Narnia. We will consider how, as with an artist painting a landscape, the careful and strategic layering of the medium creates a unique rendering of time and place. Texture, composition, style, themes, scale, context, depth, tones, light and shade are some of the elements we will play with.
This workshop will include plenty of opportunity to begin or continue to develop a piece of writing about a significant place. There will be a mix of readings, exercises and discussion, as well as peer feedback. If time and weather permits, we will also venture outdoors for an immersive writing exercise.
Claire van Ryn 