mine your everyday life for writing material alongside ellen wengert.
Think you have to be rich or famous to write about your life? Think again! We may not all be living our dreams yet, but in the meantime, this workshop will teach you how to mine your everyday life for writing material and how to weave a common thread through the tidbits you collect.
Learn how to turn even the most boring true story into fiction or creative non-fiction that entertains, amuses, and provokes thought.
Format
This is a free workshop for young writers aged 10-16 held as part of Brisbane Children’s Writers Festival 2023, in partnership with Brisbane City Council. Bookings are required.
Find out more about the full Festival program and more satellite events near you at www.queenslandwriters.org.au/youthwriting.
About ellen
Ellen Wengert has written for publications such as The Guardian, ABC News, Griffith Review and Kill Your Darlings. In 2021 she was a winner of the Queensland Premier’s Young Publishers and Writers Award, and in 2018 she won the State Library of Queensland’s Young Writers Award.
She works in a youth detention centre as a high school English teacher.
For more information about Queensland Writers Centre’s Program of Events and answers to FAQs, please visit: www.queenslandwriters.org.au/program-info