Winter School – Travel Writing
Date:
With:
Kate J Armstrong
Rating:
EARLY, EMERGING
Summary:
Learn how to turn your travel adventures into engaging pieces of prose. Immerse yourself in the world of travel writing, exploring the tips and tricks that travel writers use to make readers feel like they’ve been there too. Find out how to employ techniques from fiction and memoir to make the place and experience you’re writing about come to life on the page.
Details
You will learn
- about the many forms travel writing can take, and which one is right for you
- how to identify the details and anecdotes that will make your story leap off the page
- how to use framing, point of view, worldbuilding, and character development to invite a reader into your travel experience
- how to help readers “armchair travel” through your personal adventures
- how to successfully mix recollection and research to craft a compelling narrative.
This workshop develops employment-related skills.
About Kate J Armstrong
Kate J Armstrong writes and edits books about travel, nature, and adventures of all kinds. She’s helped adventurers tell their stories in books like National Geographic’s ‘Everest: Mountain Without Mercy’, edited travel beauties like National Geographic’s ‘The World’s Most Beautiful Places’ and written about exploring nature in titles like ‘Greatest Parks of the World’.
Make sure you check out our interview with Kate about her travels here on the WV website.
Winter School
Check out the other Winter School workshops going on in July 2016:
- Winter School – Poetry and the Past with Ali Alizadeh
- Winter School – Getting Your Manuscript Ready for Submission with Shivaun Plozza
- Winter School – Getting a Story Started with Amie Kaufman
- Winter School – The Narrative in Non-Fiction with Damon Young
- Winter School – Songwriting with Charles Jenkins
- Winter School – How to Run a Writing Event with Sam Twyford-Moore
- Winter School – YA with Fiona Wood
- Winter School – Ghostwriting with David Brewster
- Winter School – Blogging with Karen Andrews
- Winter School – On the Page with Clare Strahan
- Winter School – Historical Fiction with Kate Mildenhall
- Winter School – The Ethics of Using Real Stories in Fiction with Laura Jean McKay
- Winter School – Travel Writing with Kate J Armstrong
- Winter School – Fantasy and Magic Realism in Short Story with Leanne Hall
Venue:
Registration for this event ended on 15 July 2016 - 2:00