Writing the Image – Workshop With Melissa Ashley

Unforgettable writing begins with engrossing imagery.

Writing that incorporates our sensory experiences has the power to draw readers deep into our stories, life-writing and poems. Paying attention to our surroundings, the fine details, the colours, scents, textures, the murmurs and play of light, create immediacy and interest in our writing. The workshop explores the use of concrete imagery to create simple and extended metaphors, which help convey emotions, reflections and themes in our work. Participants are asked to bring along their own writing materials and there will be an opportunity for feedback during the workshop.

Learning Outcomes

You will improve your writing skill-set through practical exercises and group discussions in the key areas listed below:
- Create new ideas for a piece of writing
- Effective use of your senses and observation to develop short, powerful descriptions
- Explore and discuss a range of craft tools to enrich the sensory images in your writing – taste, touch, smell, sound, sight
- Applying observations in your poetry, fiction and life-writing – lines, scenes, place, setting, character
- Expand powerful imagery into effective themes to enrich your stories, poems and life-writing
- Opportunity to write new work
- Feedback from facilitator and peers

Unavailable to make it in person? The Queensland Writers Centre also offers the opportunity to watch this workshop via online live stream. Tickets and further information are available at Eventbrite.