Crafting clear and engaging stories in the 'age of info' saturation.

Readers are inundated with data (stories, facts, trivia, info). Learn how to cut through the white noise and deliver true tales, which connect immediately with your readers, keeping their interests piqued from beginning to end. Lystra shares four questions every writer should ask. Questions that ensures your mag article goes to print—not the reject tray.

Learning outcomes

In this workshop, you will:

Investigate catching headings and subheadings while rejecting click-bait practices
Distinguish between great and poor article ideas using the four editor’s questions
Create more engaging and entertaining non-fiction texts utilising tools from every writing trade

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 journal and article writers of all levels and writing backgrounds.

About Lystra

Lystra Rose (Guugu Yimithirr, Birri Gubba, Erub/Mua, and Scottish heritage) is editor-in-chief of Surfing Life magazine — making her the first female editor of a mainstream surf magazine.

The Upwelling is Lystra’s debut novel, which collected seven awards including Winner of the 2023 NSW Premier’s Ethel Turner Prize for Young People’s Literature, Winner of the 2023 Victorian Premier’s Literary Prize for Indigenous Writing, Winner of the State Library of QLD’s 2018 black&write fellowship (manuscript), and Shortlisted for the 2023 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards for Young Adult Literature. Lystra was Griffith University’s 2024 Winner: First Peoples Alumnus for Arts, Education and Law.

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