What comes first: character or story? In this workshop, early and emerging writers will discover that if you create a character you will create a story.

Through discussion, activities and inspiring writing exercises, we will learn tools and techniques for building complex, vivid characters; deepening characterisation; uncovering all-important character motivations; choosing the best point of view; and writing convincing dialogue.

We will breathe life into our characters and also let them surprise us.

Learning outcomes

You will learn:

how creating a character can create a story
tools for building characters
techniques for uncovering character motivations
which point of view to choose for your character
how to write convincing dialogue

About Tania Chandler

Tania is the author of three novels which have been published in Australia and internationally, selected for library reading programs and shortlisted for awards. She lives in Melbourne (Naarm).

When not writing, Tania teaches creative writing, mentors writers and hosts online workshops. She is also an actor, amateur photographer, ice skater and co-creator of Writers on Ice — interviewing some of Australia’s best writers while ice skating!

This workshop is designed for early and emerging writers.

This is a six-hour event and includes morning tea and lunch.

Please bring your own stationery and laptop if you use one.