Join award-winning poet and novelist Allen C. Jones in this compact Work Space style session to learn and experience fun writing games that unlock the "creative mind" to stop writer's block.

In this Work Space style session with a playful twist, Allen will introduce writers to a set of useful and inspiring writing games to unlock creativity and give a new angle on ways to say goodbye to whatever blocks you. These games will get you thinking about new ways to approach writing, through humour, collaboration, and surprise. At the same time, they will help build the foundation for real breakthroughs in your every-day writing practice.

By the end of this session, you will be armed with a completely new way to think about writing, and new techniques to avoid writer’s block and get back to your stories!

Participants will:

• Discuss useful writing techniques
• Play writing games
• Explore the deep roots of creativity using freewriting
• Produce one original creative piece (or rework your own piece)
• Spend a productive afternoon writing with peers

This interactive Work Space session is suitable for writers at all levels, from complete beginners to people who have (maybe not) written for years.

Work Space credits do apply and can be redeemed by emailing [email protected]

About Allen C. Jones

Award-winning California writer Allen C. Jones has an MFA in poetry from the University of New Mexico and a PhD in English from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. He has taught in Mexico, Korea, China, and presently serves as associate professor of literature at the University of Stavanger in Norway. He had led creative writing workshops for nearly twenty years and his scholarly research involves creative writing games in the high school and university classroom. His novel Her Death Was Also Water is forthcoming from MidnightSun Publishing, and his fiction and poetry appear widely in print and online, most recently at Plume and Mudlark. 

WSA Member $44 / Non-member $44

Venue: Bronwyn Halliday Room, State Library, North Terrace, Adelaide SA

—We strongly recommend all staff, speakers, and attendees of in-person events be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. You cannot attend if you have been asked to isolate by SA Health or are feeling unwell. See our full policy here.

—Writers SA members must be logged in to receive the member discount. If you would like to use a workshop credit to book in, please contact [email protected] at least five working days before the workshop commencement date. Our staff don’t work full time and we don’t want you to miss out!