Creative Writing Workshop: Form

Unleash your creativity, release your imagination

A fun and inspiring way to improve your writing, for experienced writers and beginners alike.

'A brilliant environment for learning and sharing'

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'Loved it - loved it all!

11th April 2026: Form

What is the best way to tell your story? Is it a linear narrative starting when your protagonist was born and ending on their deathbed? Or could you shake it up a bit? We’ll be looking at different ways to approach your story, discussing points of view and tense as well as narrative shapes and innovative structures that could transform your work.

This is the first workshop in Clare Reddaway's 2026 summer block of writing workshops. Clare runs regular creative writing workshops online from her home in Bath. Clare keeps her workshops small, enabling all antendees to participate, share, receive feedback and advice.

The workshop will run for two and a half hours. We will meet online on zoom. Details of the zoom meeting will be emailed to you prior to the workshop, and are also available via Eventbrite after booking.

Clare is running two other workshops in Summer 2026:

2nd May: Flash Fiction

Flash fiction: delicious tiny explosions of energy and imagery, fizzing with ideas wrapped in a miniature bundle. In this workshop, we’ll take four pieces of flash fiction. We'll look at shape, structure, beginnings and endings, word choice and ideas. You will write your own pieces of flash as we go.

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6th June: Suspense

What keeps you turning the pages? Why do you stay up late at night, chewing your nails, wnating to find out what happened next? In this workshop we’ll be looking at how to create suspense in your work.

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About the workshops:

The workshop facilitator is Clare Reddaway, who has been running monthly writing workshops at her home in central Bath for years - and now in a very modern way, runs workshops online. All of the workshops aim to be supportive and encouraging to writers of prose, particularly short stories, at all levels. Clare provides exercises which are stimulating and inspiring (hopefully!) in a warm, friendly atmosphere.

What the writers thought:

Some feedback for Clare's workshops:

'If you're thinking about it, take the plunge!'

‘Loved it. Lovely environment and people, great triggers for ideas and inspiration.’

'Totally inspiring!' 'Fun!'

‘Very inspirational and productive’,

‘I loved the way questions triggered ideas that seemed to be close to the surface’.

'SO helpful',

'Friendly feedback',

'I liked the mixture of tips, facts and writing exercises',

'Brilliant. Well constructed. Interesting and informative. Well executed'

'Loved it - loved it all!'

Clare's credentials:

Clare is a creative writing tutor at Advanced Studies England in Bath. She has run writing workshops for many years: at festivals and arts centres with Bristol short story collective Heads and Tales, for Julian House homeless charity in Bath, for the Refugee Centre in Bristol, for the University of the Third Age in Bath. Pre-pandemic, she ran regular workshops at her home in Bath and at Clifton Library in Bristol. Her background as a script editor for BBC Drama and Granada TV and her MA in Creative Writing from Bath Spa gives her experience of working with a wide range of writers. Clare writes novels, short stories and plays. If you'd like to know more about Clare's writing please check out her website www.clarereddaway.co.uk.