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If you’ve read Truman Capote’s brutal In Cold Blood, Susan Orlean’s slow seduction by the natural world in The Orchid Thief or Chloe Hooper’s tangled navigation through Aboriginal deaths in custody in The Tall Man, you’ll already know real stories are often more compelling when they’re told properly: like actual stories. But narrative journalism doesn’t just stop at books. It is also the writing you’ll find in most magazines, from broadsheet newspaper supplements to travel journals and women’s glossies.

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Benjamin Law – who has written for over 50 publications and is the author of several non-fiction books – will lead you through every step of the process from harvesting story ideas and pitching them to editors, right through to the nitty gritty of research, sourcing and conducting interviews, and how to turn raw research material into a riveting story, ready for publication in a magazine or book. This workshop is suitable for fiction and non-fiction writers wanting to apply their writing skills to a new field, for journalists looking for a new way to present a good story or for people wanting to know how to write non-fiction.

Participants will finish the workshop with a suite of story ideas to work on, and newfound skills to turn those ideas into stories.

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Reviews

‘I really loved Ben’s videos and looked forward to his feedback.’ – Lesley

‘Benjamin was generous with his knowledge and feedback’
– Magda

Get to know the tutor

To find out more about our amazing tutor Benjamin Law, you can read our interview with him, Acknowledging your position in a story. You might also like to listen to his interview with our friends, Better Reading. Click to listen, or listen below.

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