Voice and Perspective with Maree Kimberley

Discover how to develop your own writer's voice and master the art of character perspective.

Learn how to harness the often elusive power of voice in your writing, and how to identify and develop you and your characters' own distinctive and personal tone.

You'll also find out more about the different types of narration points-of-view (or POVs), from first-person to second-person, third-person and their variants, and their impacts on and uses for your storytelling.

Learning outcomes

As part of this workshop, you will:

• Learn about voice and how to discover your own writer's voice.
• Understand the different perspectives (point of view) in writing and how they affect your characters and your narrative.
• Discover how voice and perspective work together to create a compelling story that readers will love.
• Gain tools for your "writer's toolbox".

Format

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

About Maree

PMaree Kimberley is a writer who divides her time between Meanjin (Brisbane) and Nipaluna (Hobart). She writes across a range of genres and disciplines with a particular interest in horror and young adult speculative fiction. Her young adult novel Dirt Circus League was a 2022 CBCA Notable Book and was also shortlisted in the young adult sections of the Aurealis Awards (Best Horror Novel) and Scarlett Stiletto Awards (Best Young Adult Crime Novel). She has a Bachelor of Creative Industries, an MA and a PhD from Queensland University of Technology and has presented writing workshops for children and adults.

For more information about Queensland Writers Centre’s Program of Events and answers to FAQs, please visit: www.queenslandwriters.org.au/program-info