Join award-winning author Michael Winkler and explore the hooks and tricks that will strengthen your writing and make your reader want to read on.
You’ve got a great story idea and you’ve written a brilliant opening, but what happens next? How do you keep your readers interested? This workshop will explore tension in fiction and look at ways in which you can enhance your writing so the load-bearing section of your story—the middle—is richer and stronger.
Expect writing exercises, ideas, structured writing time and a friendly, supportive approach.
Please bring pen and paper or a fully charged laptop to join the writing exercises.
- When: Saturday 5 July, 10am—4pm
- Where: The Wheeler Centre, 176 Little Lonsdale Street, Melbourne, 3000, Australia
- With: Michael Winkler
About the Tutor
Michael Winkler is a writer of fiction and non-fiction. His novel Grimmish was shortlisted for the 2022 Miles Franklin Literary Award. His next novel Griefdogg will be published by Text in 2026. He has self-published three titles, as well as writing books for Penguin, Hardie Grant and Melbourne University Press. His journalism, short fiction, reviews and essays have been widely published and anthologised. He won the 2016 Calibre Prize for his essay ‘The Great Red Whale’. He has judged various competitions including The Age Book of the Year Award.