‘We are all used to sitting down at our own desks and fighting the urge to do other things, but in a classroom with ten other people writing beside you there is another energy that can deliver the seeds of new ideas.’
‘Writing fiction means imagining yourself into the shoes of your characters. In those deep places you find very personal stuff, confronting and meaningful and enlightening.’
We interviewed award-winning science fiction writer and critic James Bradley ahead of his one-day course at Writing NSW, After the End: Writing Speculative Futures.
“The book details the Exclusive Brethren’s strong hold. Fear used to stop her doing anything the Exclusive Brethren deemed forbidden; even reading a novel or seeing a movie wasn’t allowed and could evoke dire consequences.”
