If you have ever read a book or watched a TV show and found yourself pulled out of the reality of the fictional world, the likelihood is that the sense of time and place had not been developed enough to make you believe in the characters’ journey. In your own writing, digging deep into the setting, atmosphere and sense of time will be essential for capturing the imagination of your future readers, and ensuring that they are with you until the very last page.
Building on our masterclass for beginners with Natasha Pulley, the award-winning author of The Watchmaker of Filigree Street, this advanced weekend bootcamp will develop the basics of setting and scene-construction, to show you how you can craft a world that carries your story forward with authenticity and believability.
Whether you’re working on a literary novel, a fantasy series, or a body of short stories, this two-day masterclass will draw on theory to guide you through your own creative approach. You will also have the opportunity to participate in practical writing exercises and group discussion, and between-session homework on which you will receive feedback, and to discover more about the publishing industry.
Hands-on, informative and fun, this masterclass is for writers looking to develop their voice and craft to further the sense of time and place within their work, and those who feel stuck and need a creative refresh.
Course content
Why sense of place is important
Building a sense of atmosphere
Character perception of place
Exploring how style informs sense of place
This course is for…
Writers who want to develop their skills in writing time and place in their stories
Writers looking to build their confidence in their own voice
Anyone who has hit a wall with their writing and is in need of a refresh to their practice with a deep dive on time and place
You will be sent a link to the webinar 2hrs before the start time of 2pm (BST).
Details
Dates: Saturday 31 July and Sunday 1 August 2021
Times: 2pm - 4.30pm
Price: £199 (plus booking fee)
Event capacity: 45
Tutor Profile Natasha Pulley was born in Cambridge. She read English Literature at Oxford before doing an MA in Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia. In 2013 she went to Japan on a scholarship from the Daiwa Anglo Japanese Foundation. She lived in Tokyo for a year and a half, learning Japanese and researching her first book, The Watchmaker of Filigree Street. More recently she has spent time on sailing ships researching her upcoming novel The Kingdoms, courtesy of the Arts Council and Darwin 200.
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