Short Fiction Course: Writing the Urban Weird with SJ Bradley
Over six weeks explore and write urban weird fiction and get published in a Comma Press EBook!
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- 2 hours
Short Fiction: Writing the Urban Weird
A 6-week course exploring the urban weird fiction genre.
- Introduction to Urban Weird: We will discuss the urban weird genre and storytelling, analyzing works by M. John Harrison, Joel Lane, Irenosen Okojie.
- Creating Outsider Fiction: Using setting, character, and viewpoint to craft outsider stories in the weird fiction style.
- Exploring The Urban Weird: Students will read urban weird stories and generate their own ideas/outlines.
- Developing Your Fiction Craft: Honing skills in plot, tension, and description using prompts and exercises.
- Editing and Critiquing: Students will edit their draft stories and critique each other's work.
- A fun, supportive environment to share your final urban weird short stories. The course will end in ebook publication of your best story with Comma Press.
Taught by an experienced fiction tutor with great feedback, this course helps you master the urban weird genre. All levels welcome!
Dates and Times:
6-8pm
Tuesday 30th July
Tuesday 13th August
Tuesday 27th August
Tuesday 10th September
Tuesday 24th September
Tuesday 8th October
For bursaries or full price tickets without booking fees email commapress@gmail.com
Comma Press is not-for-profit publisher and development agency specialising in short fiction from the UK and beyond.
SJ Bradley is a writer from Wakefield. Her short story collection 'Maps of Imaginary Towns' will be published in September 2024 (Fly on the Wall Press). Her short fiction has appeared in various journals and anthologies including Conradology and Resist! Stories of Uprising from Comma Press, New Willesden Short Stories 7, Queen Mobs, Litro magazine, and Untitled Books. Her first novel, Brick Mother, and her second novel, Guest, are both published by Dead Ink. She is the editor of the Saboteur Award-winning anthology Remembering Oluwale, which is available from Valley Press. Her work as an arts organiser involves the non-profit literary social Fictions of Every Kind (which ran for 10 years), The Northern Short Story Festival and the Walter Swan Short Story Prize. She is also a teacher of creative writing including short story writing courses for Comma Press and First Story in Leeds and Bradford. She's on Twitter at @bradleybooks.