Finding the Heart of the Story: Editing for Pulse and Structure with Katia Ariel
Finding the Heart of the Story: Editing for Pulse and Structure with Katia Ariel

Finding the Heart of the Story: Editing for Pulse and Structure with Katia Ariel

Sat
25
Sat 25 Oct 2:30 PM

Marie Reay Teaching Centre | Australian National University
Wheelchair
General Admission
120 Mins
October
Sat 25 Oct

This two-hour workshop will teach you to become your own best structural editor. Regardless of genre, all strong writing has one underlying feature: it grabs the reader’s attention and keeps it. How do we craft our narrative with maximum colour, emotional compression and narrative momentum? How do we deploy voice and setting to create a rich and compelling world? What does it mean to be brutally honest with oneself when deciding what to keep and what to cut? This hands-on workshop will include structural editing techniques, practical exercises and many examples of how a ten per cent refinement can make a one hundred per cent difference.


Katia Ariel is an award-winning author, book editor and educator from Melbourne/Naarm. She was born in Odessa, Ukraine. Her memoir, The Swift Dark Tide, shortlisted for the Stella Prize in 2024 and won the 2024 Society of Women Writers NSW Non-fiction Prize. Katia’s work has appeared in journals such as WomankindAntithesis and Archer. Katia teaches creative writing and structural editing, and lives with her family by the sea. Her second book, Ferryman: The Life and Deathwork of Ephraim Finch, was published by Wild Dingo Press in June 2025.
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Concession Tickets apply for children under the age of 16, full-time students, Commonwealth Health Care Card holders, Commonwealth Seniors Card Holders and Commonwealth Pensioner Concession Card holders. Please have your eligible card with you at the venue.
October
Sat 25 Oct

Marie Reay Teaching Centre | Australian National University

155 University Avenue Building 155 The Australian National University Canberra , Australian Capital Territory, 2601