All writing is concerned with time, whether you are writing historical, contemporary or sci-fi, fiction or non-fiction. In this online workshop, acclaimed author Yvonne Battle-Felton (Remembered) is inviting you to time travel with her.
The ‘when’ can be both an opportunity and a challenge in your writing.
Yvonne will offer you the tools to explore the past of a place (whether real or fictional) in order to inform its present and the characters spending time in it. She’ll delve into using historic and present-day headlines to situate your story firmly in time and connect your narrative with the issues of your chosen time period. And she’ll use images to inspire your thinking about the future, guiding you through how to build a strong sense of time even when writing in an era that hasn’t happened yet.
Through exercises and workshopping, Yvonne will offer you the chance to explore the when and the who of your story.
The session will end with a brief Q&A, so come ready with your questions.
The masterclass will take place online via Teams. It will also be recorded so if you are unable to attend live, you'll be able to catch-up and access the recording for up to two weeks after the event has taken place.
Yvonne Battle-Felton, author of Remembered, is an American writer living in the UK. Her writing has been published in literary journals and anthologies. Remembered, was longlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction (2019) and shortlisted for the Jhalak Prize (2020). She was commended for children’s writing in the Faber Andlyn BAME (FAB) Prize (2017) and has three titles in Penguin Random House’s Ladybird Tales of Superheroes and three titles in Ladybird Tales of Crowns and Thrones. Yvonne's second novel, Curdle Creek will be published in 2024. Yvonne has a PhD in Creative Writing from Lancaster University and is Associate Teaching Professor at Cambridge University where she is the Academic Director of Creative Writing for the Institute of Continuing Education.
Yvonne aims to live a literary life full of creating, supporting, and organizing events, connecting authors and readers, and reading interesting books. Interested in hosting and chairing events, interviewing authors, reading widely, delivering workshops, and collaborating on interesting projects.
The workshop fee of £30 (incl. VAT) is payable in full online. Please note that payment instalment plans are available for all W&A events, writing courses and editing services. Contact W&A Admin on [email protected] so that we can find a payment schedule that works for you.
This is a live online event which will be presented using video conferencing software. Joining instructions and full guidance will be provided by the W&A Team a week before the event start-date. Please note, all event timings are in UK time.
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