The Hurst

An up close and personal course aimed at the experienced short story writer, entirely made up of tutorials with an optional masterclass. We’ll set tasks and exercises focused on each writer’s particular practice and help you mine theme, character and emotional development. We’ll also discuss the role of place in fiction, routes to publication and the resources that can help [read more...]

Come celebrate writing for the theatre. Building on the foundation of what makes characters compelling, we will explore what is narrative structure and how do you weave those characters into a story? And what makes telling that tale on a stage different to other forms of storytelling? By the end of the week we hope to leave you enthused, confident, [read more...]

This week will cover the essentials of good crime writing: how to come up with an original and convincing plot, develop compelling characters, deliver realistic dialogue, manage pace, setting and narrative techniques. We will also make suggestions as to how to incorporate factual crimes into fictional stories. While ideal for those who already have a criminal idea they want to [read more...]