The Writers’ Place

The natural habitat of many writers is a solitary one, locked away in a room honing craft, and when they are asked to share their work (as most inevitably are) in front of a live audience at a workshop, book launch, festival or open mic event the first instinct is to recoil in horror. So how do writers effectively and [read more...]

Do you want to write for Television? This masterclass will look at the journey an episode of TV drama goes on, from the first story pitch to multi-stranded storylining, from writing a cracking first draft to top tips for honing a script and juggling shooting schedules. It will look at how the industry works and the different people involved, as [read more...]

In this writing seminar and using examples mostly from modern fiction, Trevor Pateman invites discussion of the different kinds of reader to be found in the writer’s head and the effects those imagined readers have on the author’s writing. Authors have different ideas about what they want from their imagined readers, and those imagined readers can sometimes enable writing but [read more...]

Do you wish you had a whole day away from daily distractions to focus solely on your writing? Do you long for a quiet place to plan, read or write without interruption? A bit of time and space away from domestic life and day-job workloads which constantly seem to demand attention? If so, our Room to Write Retreats at The [read more...]

Whether you want to write a novel, a collection of short stories, a personal reminiscence, a real-life story, or a mix of these genres, our part-time, two-year, university level programmes will help you get to grips with the craft of storytelling and provide you with the support and structure you’ll need to write the stories you’ve always wanted to write. [read more...]