How to Write Ghost Stories

Booking will close on Monday 22nd September 2025 at 12 noon.

Due to limited resources we are UNABLE TO ACCEPT LATE BOOKINGS after this date.

This course will take place ONLINE on ZOOM.

Thursday evenings 6.30 - 8.30pm for five weeks, 25th September - 23rd October 2025.

Join our five-week course, "How to Write Ghost Stories," inspired by masters like Susan Hill. You'll read and analyse works such as "The Woman in Black," discuss techniques like atmosphere and foreshadowing, and engage in creative writing prompts. Whether crafting modern ghost stories or tales of redemption or revenge, this course provides essential tools to create suspenseful and memorable narratives. By the end, you'll be ready to captivate readers with your own eerie stories.

Tutor : Sandra Ireland

Sandra Ireland is the author of five novels and is currently working on a non-fiction commission about the legend of Lady Godiva. She has also enjoyed success with poetry, winning the Glasgow Women’s Library Bold Types Competition in 2022, and the SAW Dorothy Dunbar trophy in 2016 and 2017. In addition to running creative writing courses in association with Lifelong Learning Dundee, Sandra works with various arts charities to provide therapeutic writing workshops in the community.

Course Code 09 104

Enquiries should be sent to: lifelonglearningdundee@gmail.com

As a volunteer organisation with limited resources we try to respond to queries as quickly as possible. Please bear with us.