Nature writing: An online creative workshop
Whether you want to write more about the non-human world, or draw on the ecological to inspire other artistic endeavours, this online workshop with nature writer and environment journalist Lucy Jones will suggest new and creative ways of perceiving the world in which you live. Useful for writers of all styles and genres, this class will look at ways of translating nature and ecologies on your doorstep - birdsong at dawn, a teardrop of dew on a blade of grass - into insightful, atmospheric writing.
Lucy will guide you through techniques for observing nature and putting your observations into writing, where and how to find stories in the natural world, ways of incorporating different layers of narrative into your work, as well as how to better understand the societal and environmental contexts of writing about the natural world in 2022.
Become acquainted with your local green spaces more intimately, as new destinations to be explored and revisited. Slow down, take stock of what’s around you, and write it down.
Course content: Radical noticing: techniques for observation and translating/Practical tips for looking and seeing/Methods for rewilding your writing, including invoking personal experiences and how to apply them to the page/Metaphor, rhythm and style/What is “nature”? A discussion of eco-philosophy/The role and balance of research and source material/Practical tips on pitching your work and insight into the landscape for nature writing.
Time: 15:00 BST
