Mastering Multiple Perspectives And Plotlines with Rebecca Higgie

Learn how to weave together multiple character perspectives and plotlines in your work.

It’s all about perspective. A single story can be told from multiple angles, and in this workshop, you’ll tackle how to weave together multiple character perspectives and plotlines in a cohesive, enriching way. From multiple eras to varying points of view on the same event, learn practical skills to create intersections in your own multi-layered storytelling.

Learning outcomes

The workshop aims to give participants the skills to:

• Manage multiple point of view (POV) character perspectives on a single plot event
• Pace multiple POV character events to drive the plot forward
• Ensure different POV characters are distinct from one another
• Create narrative devices that link (or create ‘intersections’) between characters and plotlines that never meet
• Manage multiple timelines and places within a single story

Format

This is an online workshop with a focus on craft; it will be hosted via Zoom. This workshop is suitable for writers of all levels and writing backgrounds.

About Rebecca

Rebecca Higgie is a writer from Boorloo (Perth, Western Australia). Her novel The History of Mischief won the 2019 Fogarty Literary Award for an unpublished manuscript and was published by Fremantle Press in 2020. In 2023, her story ‘The Pyrocene’ won the Readers’ Choice Award in The West Australian’s Best Australian Yarn Competition, the richest short story prize in the world. Her poems, short stories, flash and creative non-fiction are published in journals and anthologies all across Australia and the world.

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