Literary Arts, Visual Arts, Talk/Workshop

Out of the Woods: A workshop on Visual Storytelling

Organised by: The Select Centre
  • Date:
    27 Jul 2017
  • Time:
    7:30pm
  • Duration:
    2h
  • Venue:
    The Select Centre, Block 231 Bain Street, #04-01, Bras Basah Complex
  • Language:
    English
  • Admission:
    $30 by registration here: http://ptix.co/2tsIgUa
  • Advisory:
    No shoes, food and drinks inside the venue as it's a dance studio.

Synopsis:

Calling all aspiring writers and illustrators! Eager to hone your story writing skills and learn how to better convey your ideas and plots to your readers without confusing them?

Many great stories get lost because their creators get too caught up in the details. Their stories are full of ideas and wonderful things – which start to distract the reader. Soon, the stroll to grandma's house becomes a confusing case of being hopelessly lost in the woods.

Writer-illustrator David Liew will take you on a little walk, and along the way show you how you can craft a better story by looking at them visually. No need for a GPS or a road map – all you need is a pencil and a Post-it pad (and even these are supplied in the workshop)!

This workshop is held in conjunction with The Select Centre's Young at Heart: Asian Children's Books showcase, featuring over 80 titles of picture books, comics, teenage novels and multilingual translations. The books are also on sale (in cash only), so do show your kind support for your literary initiatives!

Please have your dinner before the workshop as no food is allowed inside the studio.

FOR THE WRITERS
This workshop helps you to hone your story skills and avoid the horror of leaving your poor readers wandering lost and confused in the forest – at the mercy of the wolves!

You'll be examining a well-known story in a visual form, helping to reshape it so that the reader's journey is a smooth and enjoyable ride.

If you're a writer aspiring to write illustrated books or picture books – this workshop would help guide your writing process as you'll be examining stories from the visual perspective.

If you can't draw – don't worry. Even stick men and women have great tales to tell!

FOR THE ILLUSTRATORS
Illustrating a story is more than just drawing what the words say. It also needs you to make a lot of decisions – the most important being "What do I put in and what do I leave out?"

You'll be examining a well-known story in a visual form, helping to reshape it so that the reader's journey is a smooth and enjoyable ride.

Illustrations are often the support to the words in the telling of a story. But they can be the story itself. If you're an artist keen to try your hand at illustrating for children or even wordless stories, this is for you!

This isn't about how to draw (that's another workshop ☺) but how to bring out the storyteller in you.