Creating Complex Characters and Sensational Settings: Creative Writing Workshop

Get students writing! An in-depth creative writing workshop with award-winning author Belinda Murrell, designed to inspire students to take their writing to the next level. This dynamic, hands-on writing workshop explores inspiration, dynamic protagonists, character development, themes, vivid setting, tension, plotting and dialogue.  Students enjoy lively activities, brainstorming and experiment with creative ideas from Belinda’s writing toolbox. 

• Inspiration and ideas from real life, memory and family stories
• planning 
• plotting and drafting
• creating dynamic characters 
• worldbuilding and vivid settings
• themes and messages
• emotive writing
• narrative arc and story structure 
• show not tell
• Editing and Polishing
• lightning writing exercises 
• tips for short stories
• Q&A