Finding Your Voice: Style, Originality and Point of View

Voice is one of the most insistent and least definable aspects of good writing. From the beginning we are told to find it, use it and finesse it – but what exactly is voice, and how do we tap into it?

This three-hour workshop is for writers of both fiction and non-fiction, with a particular focus on three elements of ‘voice’: style, originality and point of view. Through close readings, writing exercises and sharing work, you’ll play with different tonalities, traditions and forms of voicing as a way toward finding your own.

By the end of the workshop, you will be able to answer the following questions: What constitutes a style? Is it possible to be truly original? And what changes when you write from different points of view?  Bring pen and paper to participate in the writing exercises.

Tutor Miriam Webster writes in and around Naarm/Melbourne, where she is a PhD candidate in Creative Writing.