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 took participants from idea to outline as their ideas came alive and they poured their imagination onto the page.
The workshop was as first step in a journey that culminated with our large-scale immersive audio-visual arts installation in Portsmouth Cathedral in November 2022. We invited writers with too much imagination to bring their pens, notebooks, and creativity and pour it onto the page.
This collaborative, hands-on, practical workshop was facilitated by Story Consultant Alison Norrington who is an expert in transmedia storytelling. Alison is very experienced in this field and had already worked with writers in the city on other transmedia projects.
Not too sure what transmedia is?
Well, don’t worry all became clear during the workshop as Alison guided participants through the process of adapting and ideating for transmedia.
The starting point for the workshop was 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 challenged writers to turn the ideas, themes, and characters in this series of watery adventures into an original outline for our the finale for Octopuses & other Sea Creatures. One we could hand on to the actors, artists and creators who then brought participants’ ideas to life as part of the final event at Portsmouth Cathedral in November 2022.
Read THE COUNSELLING ROOM by Eileen Phyall one of the pieces of writing selected to be posted on our Octopus Story blog.
Where and when?
When: Saturday 26th February 2022
Where: Room W1.08, Eldon Building, Winston Churchill Avenue, Portsmouth, PO1 2DJ
A PORTSMOUTH BOOKFEST 2022 EVENT
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Supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England and the kind support of Portsmouth Library Service.