WRITING WORKSHOP FOR GROWN UPS!

What’s Your Story? with Meera Krishnamurthy

‘The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean.’

– Robert Louis Stevenson

Writing is an art, writing is a skill, writing is staring at a blank page the night before you have to submit an article, deliver a speech. Or you’re writing a script, and you can’t make it past the interval. Yet write you must. But how to go about it? How do you best present your ideas, how do you tell a good story?

It’s not so difficult really, once you know the basics. We will explore the fundamentals and process of writing through the world of fiction.

What’s Your Story? is an 8-session writing workshop where writers of any level of proficiency – beginners or professionals – can find their voice and hone their craft under the guidance of author Meera Krishnamurthy. The workshop will explore the elements of Fiction such as Plot, Character, Setting, Conflict, Dialogue, Language, etc. through exercises and assignments geared towards achieving a mastery over the elements that make for good writing in general and good fiction in particular. The workshop promises a wide selection of representative reading, challenging writing activities and extensive feedback through collective critiques of the participants’ writing.

This workshop is open to all those looking to improve their writing skills – in fiction or non-fiction, irrespective of profession or previous experience. If you have a novel idea, we assure you it’s a likely story.

Meera Godbole-Krishnamurthy was born in Mumbai and has lived in the Philippines, France, and the United States. She studied art and architecture at Oberlin College and Columbia University and received a Masters of Architecture from the University of Virginia. In the past several years, she has participated in writing workshops at Stanford University, the University of Iowa Summer Writing Festival, UC San Diego Extension and the La Jolla Writers Conference. She has been an Adjunct at the New School of Architecture and Design in San Diego. As an artist, she has sold several paintings and shown her work at exhibitions in California. Back in India since 2006, she is a consulting editor for Zubaan Mumbai. Balancing Act, her first novel, published jointly by Zubaan and Penguin India will be released in October.

Dates: 1^st November – 20^th December (SUNDAYS ONLY)

Timings: 10am – 1pm

Venue: P L Deshpande Academy, Ravindra Natya Mandir,

Sayani Rd, Prabhadevi

Fees: Rs. 4,800/- incl of all materials

Contact:

Priya Srinivasan – 9892210539

Akshat Nigam – 9833012484

Note: All Cheques to be made out to Pomegranate Eduworkshop Pvt. Ltd. Payments can be couriered to the office. In case of cash payments, the timings are 11 am – 4 pm, Monday – Saturday. Our address:

The Pomegranate Workshop,

14, Shantaram Nivas,

Gokhale Rd (North)

Dadar (West)

Mumbai – 400 028

Tel: 32159952

(Just above the WHP Jewelers showroom near Portuguese Church)