From Ideas To Execution with Melissa Ashley

From inspiration to explication: build the confidence to transform your brilliant idea into a work of successful creative writing.

What exactly is a great idea for a story and how do we decide if it’s got legs? In this workshop we’ll learn how to transform that spark of inspiration into a creative project with serious potential. We’ll explore tricks and tips to turn ideas into achievable goals with clear steps to success. To get started developing our project, we’ll look at some fun digital sources and activities to ignite our writing imaginations. The workshop will involve exercises so bring along your writing materials.

Learning outcomes

In this workshop, you will learn to:

• Recognise and create great ideas anywhere, anytime.
• Open your senses to working with concrete imagery.
• Generate new creative writing through engaging exercises.

Format

This is an in-person workshop with a focus on writing craft; it will be held at State Library of Queensland. This workshop is suitable for writers of all levels and writing backgrounds.

About Melissa

Melissa Ashley is the author of the historical fiction novels The Bee and the Orange Tree and The Birdman's Wife, which won the Queensland Literary Awards Fiction prize and the ABA Booksellers Choice Award. She has published a collection of poetry, The Hospital for Dolls, as well as short stories, essays and academic articles. Melissa is passionate about historical women's forgotten lives, particularly in science. Melissa's most recent novel is The Naturalist of Amsterdam, which explores the life of entomologist and artist Maria Sibylla Merian's daughter Dorothea Graff. She lives in Brisbane with her family.

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