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Christine Wells: Bringing History to Life
Heritage Collections Learning Room, slq
Workshop
MAS002
#Performances
#About the event
Duration: 180 minutes
Join internationally bestselling author of sixteen historical novels, Christine Wells, for an interactive, hands-on workshop for writers of historical fiction. Learn how to write a vivid story set in the past that will hold readers riveted, even in the age of Netflix and Nintendo. From premise, setting, structure, characterisation, all the way to the final polish, Christine will share techniques and tips on how to immerse both yourself and your reader in another time and place.
In this workshop, participants will learn how to:
- Immerse themselves in the period in which they write
- Know when to stop researching and begin writing
- Formulate a story premise that will catch the attention of readers, agents, and editors
- Use the historical timeline to determine how their novel or story should be structured
- Decide what to fictionalise and what facts are set in stone
- Use prose, dialogue, and syntax to suggest time and place
- Write vibrant characters that are more than vehicles for the history
- Make the conflict in the story resonate with modern readers
#Artist
Christine Wells
Christine Wells is an internationally bestselling author of fifteen published books. Her recent historical novel, Sisters of the Resistance, featuring Catherine Dior, was published by HarperCollins New York, and received mentions in American Vogue, The Wall Street Journal and The Times. Her most recent release, One Woman’s War, is about the real woman who inspired the character of Miss Moneypenny in Ian Fleming’s James Bond novels. Christine writes about strong, clever women from the past, and as a former lawyer, she often features legal themes in her books. Christine lives in Brisbane and loves sharing her knowledge of the writing craft and the publishing business with other writers through workshops and private mentorships.
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