Update 14th March 2020:

Owing to the fast-evolving COVID-19 virus situation, Words Away have reluctantly decided to postpone this workshop to a date still to be confirmed. If you have already booked a place they are happy to carry that over to the rescheduled workshop, or to offer a refund. For that, or if you couldn’t make 25th April but would like to know when the workshop will take place, or for any other questions, contact Words Away.

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Writing about real lives and experiences - your own, or someone else’s - is rewarding but also daunting. How do you make your story compelling, convincing and accurate? How do you fill the gaps? What if there’s too much information? How do you keep the reader reading, without the other real people in your story getting upset? Or does it matter if they are? What if the life you’re writing is longer ago? Or should you - as others might suggest - be writing it as a novel?

In this practical, day-long workshop, we will take advantage of limited numbers to dig deep, exploring ways to tackle your project and thinking about what forms, tools and resources will be most useful. We’ll think about the creative and research processes you might use, get our hands in the clay with short, exploratory exercises, and look at some examples of exciting life writing by a variety of contemporary writers.

You should go away with many more tools for working with your story, a clearer sense of how to use them, and even more excitement and enthusiasm for the next stage. For experienced writers as well as beginners. We’ll end the day with a Q&A with guest speaker RIchard Beswick, Managing Director of Little, Brown and Abacus.

Places cost £120, but book before 22nd February for an early-bird rate of £110, so click through to the Words Away website to book your place.