The workshop will be held in German. If you would like to participate in English, please let us know when you register.
How does an observation become vivid writing? And why is it often the smallest details that make a piece of journalism distinctive and memorable?
In this workshop, we’ll explore our surroundings with open eyes, ears and all our senses. We’ll collect sounds, smells, colours, movements, moods and unexpected details – and discover just how much material for writing is right there in front of us.
Through practical exercises, we’ll turn our impressions into precise, vivid descriptions. The aim isn’t to write as “beautifully” as possible, but to look closely and translate what we perceive into language in a way that allows others to picture it too. We’ll explore which details can capture the character of a place, a situation or a person, and how observation can create atmosphere.
In this way, our immediate surroundings become both a source of inspiration and a laboratory for writing. The exercises will show how close observation can enrich your own style and make journalistic writing more concrete, distinctive and vivid.
Registration: Email to schreibwerkstatt@skug.at or get in touch via Instagram @off_script_schreibwerkstatt
The workshop is open to everyone.
The workshop is free of charge. Registration is required as places are limited.
off_script is an independent writing workshop that aims to make marginalised perspectives visible in cultural journalism. Through open, free workshops, it provides practical journalism skills, explores structures of media power and creates space for queer, feminist, migrant and other underrepresented voices. More information about the workshop series can be found at skug: https://skug.at/going-off_script-schreiben-gegen-den-mainstream/ .