Overcoming Obstacles In Your Writing with Kathryn Heyman

Queensland Writers Centre supports the practise, development and recognition of writers and a vibrant culture of writing, reading and creating.

Queensland Writers Centre

Overcome the obstacles in your writing in order to flourish and publish.

Writers are faced with many challenges when it comes to being creative, getting into flow and writing. Obstacles may get in the way, some of which are externally inflicted (think pandemics, bushfires, moving house) and some are internal (mindset, stories we tell ourselves, procrastination, excuses). So how do you overcome the obstacles that life throws at you and what goes on in your mind to still be able to write and write well? More than that, how do you learn to harness the power of those obstacles?Kathryn Heyman will share her experiences and the strategies, exercises and solutions she’s used in her own work and to help hundreds of writers overcome their own obstacles in order to flourish and publish.

<h3>Format</h3>This is a live stream only workshop with a focus on craft and the sustainability of your writing career; it will be live streamed solely to an online audience. It is a level 1 course for writers of all levels.

<h3>Learning outcomes</h3>In this session you will learn:<ul><li>how to recognise internal obstacles</li><li>exercises to implement to overcome obstacles internal and external</li><li>how others have dealt with obstacles and gone on to win awards</li><li>how to use and honour conflict in your writing, allowing it to transform your story and your writing life.</li></ul>

<h3>About Kathryn</h3>Dr Kathryn Heyman is an internationally award-winning writer of novels, memoir, and plays for radio and stage. She has taught creative for the University of Oxford and is now the director of the Australian Writers Mentoring Program. Over two decades, she’s coached hundreds of writers from idea to publication. Her seventh book, Fury (a memoir) won the CAL Author Fellowship and is shortlisted for the Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature.

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