Transmedia Storytelling for Writers with far too much Imagination!

A practical, collaborative workshop for writers interested in exploring new and emerging forms of storytelling facilitated by story consultant Alison Norrington. This writer’s room experience will take you from idea to outline as your ideas come alive and you pour your imagination onto the page.

The workshop is the first step in a journey that will culminate with a large-scale immersive audio-visual art installation in Portsmouth Cathedral in November 2022. We invite writers with too much imagination to bring their pens, notebooks, and creativity and pour it on to the page.

This collaborative, hands-on, practical workshop be facilitated by Story Consultant Alison Norrington who is an expert in transmedia storytelling. Alison is very experienced in this field and has already worked with writers in the city on other transmedia projects.

Not too sure what transmedia is? Well, don’t worry all will become clear during the workshop as Alison guides you through the process of adapting and ideating for transmedia.

The starting point for the workshop will be a slim volume of poems by Becci Louise entitled Octopus Medicine. The three stories in the volume tell of an octopus who dreams of stars, a self-important fisherman who gets what’s coming to him, and a misunderstood monster. 

We challenge you to turn the ideas, themes, and characters in this series of watery adventures into an original outline for our new ACE funded project Octopuses & other Sea Creatures. One we can hand on to the actors, artists and creators who will bring your ideas to life as part of the We Shine – Portsmouth festival of light in November 2022.

Who is this for – anyone with an interest in creative writing and who would like to explore new and emerging storytelling forms.

What do you need to bring – pens/pencils, notebooks, an open mind.

£20 standard ticket (includes a free copy of Octopuses Medicine)

£10 students, unwaged and carers (includes a free copy of Octopuses Medicine)

When: Saturday 26th February from 10am – 5pm

Where: Room W1.08, Eldon Building, Winston Churchill Avenue, Portsmouth, PO1 2DJ

TICKETS FROM OUR WEBSITE HERE!

Supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England and the kind support of University of Portsmouth and Portsmouth Bookfest.