I think these are all consequences of growing in confidence as a writer in a safe, welcoming and encouraging space, and also down to the insight I have gained into quite diverse realms of literature, and the craft of writing, via both the presentation part of the sessions and the creative tasks. – Being selected as a Northern Short Story Festival Academy writer ![]() – Having a short story published (The Lowing, Seventy2One/ Massive Overheads chapbook), a story I developed during one of the courses. – Getting on the Writers Block North East programme to develop a novel I would say these successes are almost entirely down to the Second Sunday sessions: If you have any questions about this course please do get in Participant Testimony For those who are seeking an original idea or developing an existing work. This course is suitable for writers of all levels. ![]() Byatt), folklore (Zoe Gilbert), myth (Margaret Atwood), history (Toni Morrison), self (Annie Ernaux) and the future (Octavia E Butler). We’ll draw upon many works of fiction and neo-history, but we’ll focus on rewriters of fairytale (Angela Carter, A.S. This will help your writing if you’re interested in rewriting and adaptation, but if you are working on an original idea, you’ll discover the many possibilities of using old story patterns to create something new. We’ll look at the choices these writers have made about character, plot, structure and form to enrich our own writing and learn the art of rewriting and re-righting. In this course we’ll explore the work of the re-writers who took fairytales, myths and histories and found the new hidden stories within them. For the great rewriters their quest is to find the untold stories: the silenced characters, the hidden themes, the alternative perspectives and re-right the erasures and gaps in the story. Does that mean that there are no new stories to be told? It certainly didn’t mean that for Shakespeare or the Grimm Brothers or Margaret Atwood or the countless other writers who felt that the stories they rewrote contained secrets and silences that had a right to be told. There is a saying that all writing is rewriting. £55 before 31 st January or £65 thereafter PREVIOUS COURSES Starts 5th February 2023 !!SOLD OUT!! All Writing is Re-Righting We’ll be looking at poets too, and this course will also include a Writer’s Choice text. We’ll explore the Orkney Folktales captured by Tom Muir, Ben Okri, The Brontës, Cheryl Strayed, Barbara Cisneros, Elizabeth Von Arnin, Fukido Chiyo-Ni, Zoe Gilbert, Katherine May, and may more writers and poets who map the wondrous and strange places in our world. We’ll look at stories from oral cultures from around the world, as well as stories from past and present that explore the many facets of writing place. In this course we will explore the many ways that humans have held their ground in their writing about place – from unearthing the dark side of nature to stories that seek to re-enchant our wonderlands. Tales have always protected the land, think of the badluck stories that have stopped developers from disturbing the fairy forts in Ireland and Scotland, to one of the pioneers of conservation Beatrix Potter and her tales of Peter Rabbit and friends. In this way writers do something really powerful, they create narrative protection for the places that inspire their stories. Our most contemporary storytellers speak of the land with awe, enchantment and urgency to protect what is slipping away with climate change. The very first stories, our shared folklore from around the world, are stories about the land, how it was created, how to find food and water, how to live in balance with nature, and how to navigate the places we inhabit. £55 before 18th April or £65 after for 5 two hour sessions ![]() She is an original, magical and passionate teacher and facilitator, I find myself getting quite breathless with inspiration during sessions and come away with my mind buzzing!Īstra Bloom Award Winning Poet and Author Holding Ground: How to Write Powerfully About Place Starts 23rd April 2023 SPACES STILL AVAILABLE! I have never experienced a course anything like the ones Carmen runs. “Always learn loads when I go to Carmen’s workshops.
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