{"id":1797,"date":"2014-04-01T13:28:05","date_gmt":"2014-04-01T12:28:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jameskwalker.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1797"},"modified":"2022-10-06T16:09:29","modified_gmt":"2022-10-06T15:09:29","slug":"the-writers-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jameskwalker.co.uk\/blog\/2014\/04\/01\/the-writers-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"The Writers’ Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Sillitoe Trail App explores themes from Saturday Night and Sunday Morning<\/p><\/div>\n

On Saturday I chaired a panel at the Writers\u2019 Conference called Working as a Writer in the Digital Age <\/i><\/a>and was joined by Wayne Burrows, Farhana Shaikh and Rakesh Parmar. Digital technology offers many ways to make interactive and immersive narratives that are becoming ever more sophisticated and consequently writers are becoming increasingly experimental with their stories. Ease of publication, be it through a wordpress site or social media, means that writers now have platforms to showcase their work as well as immediate access to the mythical global audience. It\u2019s all terribly exciting and meritocratic\u2026and a little daunting.<\/p>\n

Digital is a broad all-encompassing term that would require 45 years, let alone 45 minutes, to fully do it justice. But I think it\u2019s worth summarising one key point that was raised on the day: You\u2019re never too late to embrace digital technology because it\u2019s constantly changing. There is no beginning middle or end. What is more important is experimenting with different platforms until you find what works for you in much the same way as you experiment with different writing styles and techniques until you find your own voice.<\/p>\n

As promised, here is a brief outline of some of the websites that were mentioned during our discussion.<\/p>\n