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Water is the element associated with emotions and the mysterious world of the unconscious. In this workshop we shall tap into memories, dreams, and the workings of our inner lives to bring greater feeling into our writing by:
charging our work with powerful symbols and representations of Water
shifting tone and perspective to change the pitch of a story
crafting sentences that convey a range of feelings
balancing Water with the elements of Fire, Earth and Air to ensure that emotions are channeled purposefully throughout
Also in the studio will be resident wavemaker Sally Kindberg, comic-strip maker and author/illustrator of over thirty children’s books. She will introduce us to practical techniques from illustration that will add feeling and fresh insights to our work.
As a warmup, we shall set short writing experiments as well as reading assignments for you to complete before the class. You’ll also be given follow-up notes and additional resources to explore at your own pace later.
This is one of a series of practical workshops designed for beginners as well as experienced writers looking for inspirations for their writing and fresh insights for their process. Water Ways follows Everyday Magic and Finding Your Fire, and we shall continue with Earth Works (21 March), Writing On Air (16 May), and The Four Elements of Editing (tbc June). Each workshop can be taken on its own.
Workshop Leader
Andrew Wille is a book doctor and writing teacher. At Little, Brown and as a freelance editor he has published and edited many bestselling and critically acclaimed works of fiction and nonfiction. He studied and taught at the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics at Naropa University, birthplace of the modern mindfulness movement, and in his teaching he is particularly interested in contemplative and holistic approaches to creativity. He writes fiction and nonfiction, and also blogs and offers resources on writing and publishing at wille.org
Workshop Special Guest:
Artist and author Sally Kindberg has a vast experience of working on books and features, and running workshops for both children and adults. She has illustrated a series of four comic strip books for Bloomsbury, including The Comic Strip History of the World and The Comic Strip History of Space, The Comic Strip Greek Myths and an anthology – The Comic Strip Big Fat Book of Knowledge. Sally recently wrote and illustrated an eight-book series of Draw It! books for Bloomsbury, and ten comic strips for CBBC as well as working on new comic strip stories, assembling and writing about her Museum of Dust and taking her Hat of Surprise along to various workshops.