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State Library 12 October 2022

Narrative choices in biography

Choices, choices, choices

Last week I spoke at a literary event at the State Library of NSW about some of the choices I made about narrative strategy while writing the biography of Australia’s father of pain medicine: Breaking through the pain barrier. The extraordinary life of Dr Michael J. Cousins

Here’s a video of my talk if you’d like to learn about narrative choices such as structure, narrative voice, pace, rhythm, creating a sense of place and the use of fiction techniques to make the story engaging.

https://mega.nz/file/KN9TFLjL#WvyGaY1eivS0JN-9Xvvg89mPtyJ-kN6VUVcaLN0kJoQ

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Talk on narrative choices at the State Library of NSW

 

 

 

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