A one-day workshop as part of the Penzance Literary Festival
10 am –4 pm
Tickets £40 in advance from Redwing Gallery, or Eventbrite:
As writers, storytellers and poets our task is to find ways to express what is beyond words, to make people see differently and to convey the vastest via the smallest signs – those ink marks on the page. This is a practical day brim full of small writing experiments to help you achieve that.
Bridget will begin with the premise that storytelling is fundamental to organismic self-regulation; through it, human beings survive, and thrive.
We’ll look at the (often unconscious) structures and techniques that we apply when telling effective stories, as well as gain an equal understanding of what, at times, sabotages that process.
Turning traditional creative writing on its head, rather than just applying ‘fixes’ on the page, you’ll be encouraged to reconnect with your embodied experience as a starting point for investigating a range of subjects including sensory impressions, body sensations, emotion, point of view, the narrative arc, rhythm, tension, voice, character and dialogue.
It’s a day designed to help you develop your love of word crafting and give you confidence in your natural storyteller abilities.
