Want to add depth to your characters by breaking down their platonic, romantic or family relationships that are key to shaping your narrative? Join award-winning author Maame Blue for this half-day workshop to dig into your fictional characters, experiment with point of view and add layers to your character backgrounds that pull their relationships into focus.
You will learn:
Explore point of view and how it impacts the relationship story
Explore the role of setting and context within the story
Explore ways to build in character histories
Engage in writing exercises to write your own relationship stories
What to bring:
Please bring pen and paper or a fully charge device to participate in the writing exercises.
About the tutor:
Maame Blue is the award-winning author of two novels; Bad Love, which won the 2021 Betty Trask award, and The Rest Of You, shortlisted for the 2025 Jhalak Prose Prize. Her short stories have appeared in five anthologies, including most recently in Queerphoria. She regularly runs creative writing workshops and courses in the UK and Australia, and often mentors emerging writers working on their debut novels. She is based in Melbourne.
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