Suzanne will guide you through creating a monologue – a story with a single voice – from the idea to the final draft. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced writer and whether you want to tell your story or someone else’s, bring along your ideas or be inspired by current and historic prompts. […]
Focusing on plot, place, and character, best-selling novelist David Mark helps writers to tell their stories in an environment of positivity, encouragement, and shared imagination. David spent more than 15 years as a journalist, including seven years as a crime reporter with the Yorkshire Post - walking the Hull streets that would later become the […]
Whether you’re a novice, amateur, or professional poet, this workshop themed around coastal history, taking in marine life, will help you explore ideas and be inspired by our beautiful coastal setting. Pens, pads, and other prompt materials will be provided, and feedback will be based wholly on positivity, with constructive ideas for development. Experienced at […]
Using nothing but their collective imagination, teenagers are invited to join writer and workshop leader Liz Hyder in creating the concept, characters, and plot ideas for a brand-new TV series in only an hour. From sci-fi to fantasy, from gritty drama to comedy, anything could happen! Majority rules in this fast-paced workshop with ideas being […]
Whitby has been inspiring writers for centuries. From Caedmon to Atkinson, Gaskell to Brody, Julie’s aim is to introduce you to a variety of writing about Whitby and how and why this place captures the heart of so many writers. In the first part of this workshop session, she will read some book extracts, then you […]
