Regardless of genre, a writer’s ability to sketch a character or a setting in as few words as possible, using spare detail to suggest both a character’s inner life or a strong sense of place, is vital. This workshop will demonstrate and workshop techniques to illustrate the capable writer’s ability to make descriptive writing do more than one thing at a time – to represent character and place, but also to create atmosphere, suspense, and hint at story development.
Australian Crime Writer David Whish-Wilson is the West Australian author of nine novels, three creative non-fiction books, short stories, essays, reviews and academic articles. David’s first novel in the Frank Swann crime series, Line of Sight (Penguin Australia) was shortlisted for a Ned Kelly Award in 2012. David wrote the Perth book in the NewSouth Books city series. Perth was short-listed for a WA Premiers Book Award.
