Where Are You Going: How Journeys Create Story
Many authors use place in their work in ways that go beyond a simple setting, where the landscape becomes (almost) a character in its own right and something the actual characters have a relationship with as they move through it. It can aid them or work against them, and can be a key part of who they are. This workshop will explore the ways that we can use this as writers to develop narrative and build our characters’ identities. We will look at how journeys and movement through the landscape create story, how to show characters’ connection (or lack of connection) to the place the story is set, and the creation of character identity through the way they know and experience the landscape. This workshop is suitable for writers at all stages of their writing practice, working on short or long form fiction. We will read examples from authors who use landscape and journeys skillfully in their work, from flash fiction to novel excerpts, and participants can experiment with this themselves through the writing exercises and prompts provided.
What Participants Will Take Away
- An understanding of how journeys and movement through the landscape can create stories.
- How characters’ connection with landscape and place can build and develop their identities.
- Several new drafts or story ideas using journeys and connection to a landscape.
Suitable for All Levels.
There will be an optional opportunity to share.
Date
Saturday, June 29, 8 AM PDT / 11 AM EDT / 4 PM BST / 8:30 PM IST / 1 AM AEST
This workshop runs two hours.
About Instructor
Sarah McPherson loves folk tales and myths and finding the weird in the everyday. Her flash fiction has been widely published, nominated for Best Small Fictions, longlisted for the Wigleaf Top 50, and selected for Best Microfiction 2021. She lives in Sheffield, is a serial crafter, and spends her weekends doing live action roleplay in the woods.
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