Breaking the Writer’s Block with Horst Kornberger
A course for all those who always wanted to and those who started and got stuck
With Horst Kornberger, author of ‘The Power of Stories’ and ‘The Writer’s Passage’
It’s simple. Begin by playing with words and surprise yourself with what you can do. This workshop will get you started, develop your writing skills and boost your creative confidence.
Outline of the proposed course:
This workshop offers a secure step by step process that helps beginning writers to claim their creative capacities. Themes include:
- The Life of Language: Introduction to the basic components of creative writing and how to get started. Exercises to take your critical voice off guard and allow inspiration to flow by becoming aware of the qualities of sound in language.
- Rhyme Beyond Reason: Tapping into the childhood stages of creativity, transcending intellectual obstruction with the help of a playful approach. Using rhythmical language to come into creative flow.
- Catapult of Wishes: Transforming fancy into narratives, utilising the functions of wishes, lies and boasts in the development of the authentic writing voice.
- From Image to Imagination: Learning how to create inner pictures as a source for narratives and to trust the lawfulness of the imagination.
- SATURDAY JULY 30th 2.00 – 5.00pm at Mattie Furphy House Swanbourne
- COST $30, MEMBERS $20