Graeme Gibson

Graeme Gibson

Graeme Gibson has a background in adult learning, principally in the environmental and   community services sectors. His approach to learning is that that people learn from and with each other, not just from a teacher. He also works as a group facilitator and mediator, getting close to people’s core concerns. Most of his writing is non-fiction with a focus on nature, community, politics and their intersection. He has published essays, contributed to and edited a number of short story collections, and self-published Beyond Fear and Loathing: Local politics at work. This account of local politics and community activism is based on personal experience.

Graeme has been presenting writing workshops, including life story and writing about place, since 2013. These have been mostly in regional areas – he likes to get around. Another interest is Little Literature, poetry or prose responding to or interpreting art, place or events, real or imagined. Graeme and his partner relocated to the NSW northern rivers in early 2016.

Writing from Life 1: Memoir, Biography, Personal Essay - wherever your creative non-fiction takes you

Facilitator: Graeme Gibson

• Starting/overcoming any blocks
• Consider voice – active/ passive
• Openings – finding a hook
• Contrast narrative (facts) with plot (story)
• Using sensory language

Bring an idea or an empty slate and see what happens.

NOTE: Writing from Life 1 and Writing from Life 2 workshops are independent sessions not repeats.

Writing from Life 2: Memoir, Biography, Personal Essay – wherever your creative non-fiction takes you

Facilitator: Graeme Gibson

Show, Don’t (Just) Tell Participants should be familiar with the term “Show, don’t tell,” before the workshop: if not, Google it. Bring an idea or an empty slate and see what happens.