How do you create real, living characters in your writing?

These two workshops session will look at characterisation, focusing on narrative voice and dialogue.

Attendees are required to attend two sessions. In the first we will discuss methods of characterisation. You will then be given a short writing task to return within a week.

They will then be circulated to all the attendees and in the second session you will receive feedback from the tutor and through peer review.

Participants are asked to attend both sessions to make best use of this workshop. Numbers are limited to 10 per workshop and you need to register in advance to receive login details to these Zoom sessions.

Dates:

Over 21’s: Wednesday 17th May 7-8pm AND Wednesday 31st May 7-8pm [participants should attend BOTH sessions]

Please note that we will be observing the same protocols as the Short Story Competition where all submissions are also judged anonymously.

The workshops offer aspiring writers the opportunity to learn, write and share ideas online.

There will be a £10 FULLY REFUNDABLE booking fee for these courses. Over the last 2 years we have run these courses many people have booked, and then not attended, denying others the chance to take part. For this year, to book you have to pay a £10 booking fee. We will refund via PayPal the full £10 booking fee to all those that attend both sessions.

Both of our workshops will be held via Zoom with Sarah Anthony. Participants will be limited to 10 on a first come first served basis so sign up now!

Login details and course details will be emailed to registered participants by no later than 8pm on 24th May by Sarah Anthony. Please watch your email after registration for her message.

About Sarah Anthony

Sarah Anthony graduated from Bristol University with a degree in English and French literature and did her MA with the Open University, specialising in postcolonial literature She has worked for the School of English at the University of Kent, co-ordinating their part-time programmes in English and American literature and Creative Writing and acting as academic advisor to international students.

Sarah has 15 years’ experience lecturing and teaching university undergraduates and adult learners at the University of Kent, for the Workers’ Educational Association and for the U3A. She has taught on subjects as disparate as the plays of Christopher Marlowe and the writers of the Windrush Generation, and has taken part in a TV documentary on E M Forster for international arts and culture channel ARTE. Current projects include the novels of John Steinbeck, the Bloomsbury Group, and 20th century Russian literature.

H G Wells Short Story Workshop [Over 21]: Characterisation

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