Be a Thief, Not a Mimic: Using your Influences to Create Compelling Stories and Characters
Date:
With:
Beau Windon
Rating:
ALL
Summary:
How can you generate captivating stories for readers? There are ideas and characters hidden in your mind, just waiting to form. We'll explore how you can mine material from the media and stories you've been consuming yourself. Use the influences from your favourite books, movies, TV series and video games to create compelling stories and characters. Learn methods to break the barriers of writer s block and develop tools for idea generation. Join Beau in evolving your practice to incorporate your influences without creating a carbon copy. Become a thief and use the tropes and formulas that you personally enjoy in a way that is all your own.
Details
You will learn:
- Methods of idea generation to start new works.
- Techniques for breaking through your writer's block.
- How to use existing media to supplement your own creativity.
- To make a formula of your own.
- Inject your own voice into commonly told stories to give it a fresh take.
- A way to have fun with your writing and start looking forward to hitting the desk/notebook/keyboard/voice recording device/quill and parchment
Please note: Thanks to City of Melbourne, there are several community places available for this workshop. Please email [email protected].
About Beau Windon
Beau Windon is a neurodivergent writer of Wiradjuri descent based in Naarm/Melbourne. He writes quirky stories about quirky people with a focus on YA fiction, creative non-fiction and poetry. He has been awarded grants for writing projects by Creative Victoria and the City of Melbourne and has been published in Griffith Review, Archer magazine and Rabbit, among others. You can follow him on social media @WhoIsBeauWindon where he posts sporadically and deletes anxiously.
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Venue:
Melbourne
Victoria 3000 Australia
Contact:
Phone: 0390947855
Email: [email protected]