Writing Fiction From Life with Kavita Bedford

This writing course, Writing Fiction From Life with Kavita Bedford, will take place at Writing NSW in Sydney.

How can you craft compelling fiction inspired by real-life events and relationships? Join Kavita Bedford, author of the critically acclaimed novel Friends & Dark Shapes, for an in-depth course on how to draw from personal perspectives to shape fiction and characters.

In this course, we will discuss non-fiction literary forms, such as memoir, auto-fiction, and creative non-fiction, and use elements of those literary forms to bring personal experiences to life in a fictional way. We will look at ways to create a unique literary voice, draw from observations of your environment, as well as discussing how telling one’s truth can serve as a political act. Participants will learn from examples by modern writers who have created stylised personal perspectives in their work, including Natalia Ginzburg, Jenny Offill, Helen Garner and Bryan Washington.