Short Story Course with Michelle Green, Liverpool
4 Feb 2020 - 6.30PM
Location: The Bluecoat, School Lane, Liverpool
Time: 6:30-8:30
Price: £180 for the full course + 2 x £100 fee for single-parent writers, or writers in receipt of a means tested benefit, personal independence payments, or disability living allowance (please contact info@commapress.co.uk for more information)
Attendees must pay for full course - individual course units not available separately.
Dates: Six workshops are held over a 6 month period, on the first Tuesday of the month (except workshop #6), to enable you to complete writing assignments:
4th February
3rd March
7th April
5th May
2nd June
30th June
Tickets can be purchased directly from the Bluecoat, click HERE! Bookings close on 21st January.
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This course is about the short story …
Over the course of 6 workshops, you’ll get a handle on the predominant narrative structures used by short story writers, and implement them in your own work. Completing set writing tasks between workshops, and receiving structured, peer-driven feedback, you’ll develop 3 short stories to completion, with tailored advice on how to shape the story, and how to improve the characterisation, dialogue, and narrative voice. Comma Press, one of the UK’s leading publisher of short fiction is always looking for new voices in short fiction and it’s hoped that this course will unearth and develop contenders for one of their showcases of new writers.
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About the Tutor, Michelle Green:
Michelle Green is a UK-based writer and artist. Their debut collection of short stories - Jebel Marra (Comma Press, 2015) - was nominated for a number of national and international awards, and described by the Irish Times as ‘exceptionally good writing; fifteen shards of shrapnel that will take your head off.’ Their ongoing work on disability aesthetics was featured at the Mathrubhumi International Festival of Letters 2019, and they are now working on a second collection: a map of short stories based on Hayling Island. More at www.michellegreen.co.uk
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