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Literary Fiction

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Romy Ash

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EARLY, EMERGING

Summary:

Literary fiction can be slippery, but writing is mostly hard work, getting words on the page, process and practicalities. Look at the writing process and the strange transmogrification that turns lived experience, memory and imagination into literature.

Portrait of Romy Ash

Romy Ash, credit Lauren Bamford

Details

Learn how to give life to your characters and authenticity to your world. Faulkner, when asked how to create a convincing character, said: “Believing that she exists.”

You will learn

  • how to write authentic dialogue
  • how to utilise lived experience, memory, research and imagination
  • an understanding of character
  • the importance of word selection, sentence structure and paragraph construction
  • drafting and editing

About Romy Ash

Romy Ash is a Melbourne-based writer. Her novel ‘Floundering was short-listed for the Miles Franklin Award. She is a writer of fiction and non-fiction. She has been anthologised in ‘Best Australian Stories and ‘Best Australian Essays.

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Registration for this event ended on 28 April 2017 - 4:00
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