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100 WORkSHOp: LAuREnCE FEARnLEY
pACE – knOWInG WHEn TO LInGER
FRIDAY MAY 15 – 4.00-5.30pM GOODMAn FIELDER ROOM LEVEL 4, AOTEA CEnTRE
How do you pace a story? Do you treat scenes equally, no matter how much narrative weight they carry? This workshop will tackle the amount of detail a story needs, and figure out ways to move the plot along or, linger over high-impact scenes, creating tension in your writing. Designed for people whose writing is flat and who need to inject a few bumps and curves.
101 WORkSHOp: AMY BLOOM
CHARACTER AnD STORY
SATuRDAY MAY 16 – 9.00-10.30AM GOODMAn FIELDER ROOM LEVEL 4, AOTEA CEnTRE
US novelist Amy Bloom, author of three short story collections and three novels, offers a workshop on the relationship between character and story and the ways in which character leads to story, and events reveal character. Come primed to write.
102 WORkSHOp: VOnA GROARkE
METApHOR AnD SIMILE
SATuRDAY MAY 16 – 11.30-1.00pM GOODMAn FIELDER ROOM LEVEL 4, AOTEA CEnTRE
Focussing on metaphor and simile, poet Vona Groarke looks at deploying imagery to energise the language of the everyday, and to wire it for that jolt of surprise that is at the heart of the well- made poem. Participants will examine a range of poems that use metaphor and simile to good and various effect, and will spend some time striking images of their own in a writing exercise. Group discussion included.
103 WORkSHOp: DAVID MITCHELL
FICTIOn SEED SOWInG
SATuRDAY MAY 16 – 1.30-3.00pM GOODMAn FIELDER ROOM LEVEL 4, AOTEA CEnTRE
What can the practice of writing fiction teach you about the theory
of writing fiction? David Mitchell offers a personal “playlist” of insights, hints and advice stumbled upon during the writing of his six novels. Creative writing is creative because it’s individual and subjective, but nevertheless Mitchell aims to provide
food for thought for all attendees. Participants will be asked to bring along five ideas or observations of their own for a “fiction seed swap” – general, specific, idiosyncratic, or slightly mad. Truth can wear camouflage.
104 WORkSHOp: REnÉE
YOuR LIFE, YOuR STORY
SATuRDAY MAY 16 – 4.00-5.30pM GOODMAn FIELDER ROOM LEVEL 4, AOTEA CEnTRE
“If you haven’t recorded your story, then history is not complete.” So says veteran NZ writer Renée whose life’s work has been to record stories through plays, fiction and memoir. This workshop is for anyone who wants to write their own story, be
it for themselves, their families or a wider audience.
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