‘For me, writing a complicated character is like putting together a puzzle with a thousand pieces, without a clear picture on the box to help guide you towards the final scene. And with puzzles like that, it’s always about where you start.’
‘Process, for me, is a compound and an evolution of the known and unknown. Eventually I wound up here as a poet obsessed with this ineffable substance I hear in the storytelling of my Elders. I don’t know if should call it poetics or spirit but it exists in just about everything …’
‘When a piece is going to exist off the page there is a beautiful invitation to consider an additional form and function in that new medium.’
Check out some of the wonderful literary events happening in Sydney and around NSW (and online) this June!
‘Reading YA as a young person empowered me with the language to talk about things that I didn’t know how to talk about. I found a library of reference for my many emotions and experiences.’
I believe our mental instability and persistent dissatisfaction in life can be attributed in part to being writers – the anxiety about a permanence that can never be perfect. We live with our past selves in print— yet we are allowed to grow. At any chance we are given. How do we write a self that will continue to expand and twirl across the eons of our limited time?
The Writing NSW team is heading to Sydney Writers’ Festival! Check out what we’re most excited to see, and give us the strength to not spend every dollar we have on books.
Please note, the Writing NSW office will be closed on Friday 26 May.
‘Research has given me characters and their stories and if the synopsis is the bones of my novel, research helps me put flesh on those bones.’
There are lots of things to do in May with these wonderful writing events. Find a range of events on our calendar this month, including book launches, in-conversations, festivals, and more!
