He tangata tiriti ahau. Nō Mēhiko, Kōtirana me te iwi Romani tōku tūpuna. Ko Pip Adam ahau. Toitu te tiriti.
Central to my writing practice is the belief that every person is in possession of a story that no other person can tell. i believe somewhere inside each of us this story is already known—perhaps even completely. In workshops and one-on-one coaching my main aim is to help writers coax these stories onto the page so they can be shared with readers. My workshops are often based on a reflective practice—where we sit with our writing, uninterrupted by other people’s work or opinions. i believe there is immense worth in becoming the best readers of our own work through paying close attention to our own reactions to it. i see my role as one of asking questions, fostering curiosity and giving confidence to play and attempt.
Please contact me if you want to talk about your work or a workshop.
i ask people to pay me depending on their means.
1 do a free 45 minute consultation over Zoom or in-person where we can work out if i’m the right person for the job. If not, i can recommend some other people.
This is a guide i send people:
| Pay what you can | NZ$60/hour | NZ$150/hour |
| I/we – Frequently stress about meeting basic needs and don’t always achieve them – Are not employed or are underemployed – Have no or very limited expendable income. | I / we – May stress about meeting some basic needs but still regularly achieve them – Are employed – Have some expendable income. | I / we – Are comfortably able to meet all basic needs – Have expendable income or funding. |
Photo of pip by Rachel Lynch.
A Horse Walks into a Bar – Available free online now
A horse walks into a bar.
Bartenders says, Why the long face?
In this webinar/workshop we’ll look at the elements and structures of jokes to see how they might be deployed in fiction and other imaginative writing. This isn’t a class on how to write funny. Instead, we’ll be looking ‘under the hood’ of jokes to see how they elicit a spontaneous and physical response in order to see if we might use these tools to make our fiction more evocative and affecting. The workshop will consist of close-reading and reflective exercises.
i’ve been extremely grateful to be one of the Ursula Bethell residents at Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha in Ōtautahi for the last five months. Through this i’ve been able to think, write and research comedy, jokes, clowning and the weaponisation of humour. This webinar workshop is a way of sharing some of the things i’ve been thinking about during the residency.
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