Creative Writing
Natural Speech: The Art of Writing Dialogue
2 sessions, two hours per session
Participants:
Min: 6 people; Max: 12 people
When writing stories or plays, writers are often stuck at how to show their characters interacting and speaking to each other in a way that the plot moves forward and the speech does not sound forced and artificial. In Natural Speech: The Art of Writing Dialogue, you will gain valuable, and practical, tips on how to craft naturalistic sounding dialogue... {Details}.
Object Writing
1 session, two hours per session
Participants:
Min: 6 people; Max: 12 people
The moment humankind picked up the first stone to use as a tool, we established a relationship with the things around us that reveal much about ourselves as people and our insight on life. Drawing inspiration from the items within one’s environment, this creative writing workshop (for both new and seasoned writers) will help you generate new work... {Details}.
Soul Food: Food as Inspiration
1 session, two hours per session
Participants:
Min: 6 people; Max: 12 people
Singaporeans love to eat. Whether you are a gourmand or a gourmet, the taste and smells of food excite each one of us. So why not use our chow to nourish our creative writing as well? Drawing inspiration from our daily diet/favourite grub/disliked dishes, this workshop will help you generate new text that reveals what food means to... {Details}.
Timeless Tales: Bringing Yesterday’s Stories Into Today
2 sessions, two hours per session
Participants:
Min: 6 people; Max: 12 people
Ancient folk tales, fables, myths and legends, that are still being read or told today, have stood the test of time as their content and story structures still resonate with audiences today. When we do our own creative writing, sometimes it can be useful for us to draw inspiration from these old stories, instead of trying in vain to devise... {Details}.
Stagecraft for Playwrights
4 sessions, three hours per session
Participants:
Min: 8 people; Max: 12 people
Calling playwrights with no/minimal experience in performance or stage production! In this unique workshop, bring your short script (10 A4 pages max), direct/act out your ideas with feedback from theatre veteran, Verena Tay, learn some stagecraft, and thereby gain practical insights on how to improve your playwriting! {Details}.
My Story: Crafting Personal Life into Art
2 sessions, two hours per session
Participants:
Min: 6 people; Max: 12 people
The strongest stories are often personal ones because you have lived the experience and recount that experience from the heart. Yet, how can you transform mere biographical/anecdotal accounts and cringing naval-gazing material into thought-provoking and touching tales that will fascinate the audience of your choice? In My Story, you will gain valuable, and practical, tips on how to shape... {Details}.
Orgasm: The Art of Sensual Writing
1 session, two hours per session
Participants:
Min: 6 people; Max: 12 people
Let us play with words. Let us wallow in vowels and luxuriate in consonants. Let us conjure the imagination… Let us seduce our readers. Let us arouse their deepest desires and passion. Let us bring them to the heights of pleasure and make them beg for more… Come one, come all… Enter into this realm and create... {Details}.
Perspectives: Seeing New, Writing New
1 session, two hours per session
Participants:
Min: 6 people; Max: 12 people
Are you too caught up with your daily routines? Do you regard the world with a jaded eye? Have you wondered where your creativity has disappeared to? Are you bored with your writing style? Fret no more! Perspectives can help! This workshop will use physical-based techniques that will challenge you to perceive the world differently as well as give new... {Details}.
Physical Action for Playwrights
1 session, three hours per session
Participants:
Min: 8 people; Max: 20 people
Playwrights, have you wondered how actors interpret the words you write? Conversely, are you writing such that actors can easily perform your words? Through this physical-based, hands-on workshop, theatre veteran Verena Tay shares two techniques that makes words come alive and that have informed her own writing—physical action (inspired by Laban) and actioning/transitive verb (inspired by Stanislavski). {Details}.