Characters on the Couch with Liz Evans

• Why do your characters do what they do?
  
• What motivates them?
  
• How have they become who they are?
  

In this workshop, author and qualified psychotherapist, Liz Evans, will show you how to create convincing and compelling characters using ideas from psychoanalytic theory. 

You’ll find out how to explore characterisation from an in-depth perspective, learn why building character files is so important, and discover how treating your characters as real people will help bring them to life on the page. You’ll also learn how which details convey character most effectively, including body language, dialogue, and clothing. 

Liz Evans is an award-winning writer and researcher from the UK. Throughout the 1990s, she was a rock journalist in London and published two books on women and music, before retraining as a psychodynamic psychotherapist. She holds a PhD in Creative Writing from UTAS where she has taught English & Writing subjects. Her debut novel, Catherine Wheel, was published last year by Ultimo Press, she is a literary critic for The Conversation and is currently working on her second novel for Ultimo. 

Registration Information

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TASWRITERS STUDENT MEMBER TICKETS:

Only 1 ticket per student member.

A maximum of 5 Student Member tickets per workshop.

CANCELLATION POLICY:

Cancelling your registration four days or more before the workshop: you can request a 50% refund of the fee.

Cancelling your registration within four days of the workshop: there is no refund of the fee. However, instead of forfeiting the fee, you can do another workshop for half price.