A series of six writing workshops to get you started or unstuck.

SESSION 1: JUNE 13
Annie de Monchaux – Getting Started
The basics of writing, including word choices, the anatomy of a paragraph, avoiding self-criticism and the importance of positivity.

SESSION 2: JUNE 20
Gerard McCann – Writing Memoir
Exploring sensory memory as the source for feeling the creative – memoir, short story or fiction – in that all expression comes from lived experience, however banal, extraordinary or traumatic.

SESSION 3: JUNE 27
Lisa Ellery – Self-Editing
A practical ten-point plan to help writers overcome cliché, repetition and other deadly sins to create prose that’s pacy, punchy and vivid.

SESSION 4: JULY 4
Michele Johnston – Making Your Sentences Soar
‘The sentence is a self-contained world of wonder.’ Tips to make your sentences soar, sing and set your readers’ hearts aflame.

SESSION 5: JULY 11
Louise Wolhuter – Building Characters
Putting the mice in your doll’s house. A leap-then-look approach to creating characters capable of carrying your story; and tips and tricks to lift them off the page.

SESSION 6: AUGUST 1
Nandi Chinna – Metaphor
Original and exciting metaphor can make a manuscript sing. A fun, expansive exploration of simile and metaphor and finding the perfect metaphor to lift your manuscript onto the publisher’s ‘yes’ list.

All sessions booked individually so you can pick and choose.