As part of the 2021 Society of Postdoctoral Scholars Popular Science Writing Competition, Stephen Wrentmore will provide a training session for participant to extract key storytelling elements from a published research paper to build a narrative compelling for a broader audience.
Registration: Storytelling Training Session
Stephen Wrentmore is an award winning British theatre director, dramaturg, producer, writer, academic, curator, and change consultant. He currently works at the University of Kentucky in the College of Fine Arts.
Stephen studied at the University of Cambridge, the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, and Oklahoma City University . He was visiting academic at the University of Oxford in 2009 and is a Fellow of the Clore Leadership Programme.
He was Artistic Producer at Lighthouse, Poole’s Centre for the Arts until 2018. Formally, he was Associate Artistic Director of Arizona Theatre Company, Artistic Director of the Byre Theatre, St Andrews, and has worked at The National Theatre in London, Tate Gallery, and internationally in theatres from Siberia to San Francisco.
This event is over.
No recordings were made because this was a hands-on training session during which postdocs shared the research they intend to transform into a popular science piece for the 2021 Society of Postdoctoral Scholars Popular Science Writing Competition.
You can download the worksheet (and example article) used during the training session here: