In this two-day workshop we will look at different time scales across works of writing, different tohu or signs of time periods or time passing, and challenging each other to remove or recenter time within our writing.
Do you have a story you’re burning to tell but don’t know how to tackle it? In this two-day workshop you’ll learn how to centre a story around a point of view character, tying plot, character and theme together to create a unified whole.
This workshop will examine sample poems, discuss elements of craft and explore the way certain poems are inspired, written and edited. Come with paper and pen or digital device prepared to experiment with writing exercises and write new poems. We’ll look at a a range of poems by various poets, including Robert Hass, Hone Tuwhare, … Some Exercises for the Poetic MuscleRead More »
Do you have a story you’re burning to tell but don’t know how to tackle it? In this two-day workshop you’ll learn how to centre a story around a point of view character, tying plot, character and theme together to create a unified whole.
This two-day workshop will aim to hone in on the places where creativity comes from within ourselves, including sensory experiences, memories, and the various forms of inspiration we carry with us. We will focus on process rather than product, getting back to what first drove us to create before we developed an inner critic or … Process and PlayRead More »
The aim of the workshop is to find out if choosing a few theme words and using them as part of the structure of a story, might be a useful addition for your bag of writerly tools and tricks. In the workshop, we’ll look at how some writers have used theme words, or repeated words, … Genre-bending Fun: Using theme words to write deeper and stranger fiction and non-fictionRead More »
Prose poetry is a delicious contradiction and an uninhibited rejection of the traditional verse/prose binary. This ‘formless form’ has surprised and confounded readers for centuries, forcing many to question what makes a poem a poem if it doesn’t contain the supposed defining feature of poetry – enjambment. Although early versions of the form date back … The Hybrid Form: Prose PoetryRead More »