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How might words, images or a mixture of both help communicate the moments, atmospheres, feelings and complexities that you’re looking to capture and convey? This masterclass is about thinking through the ways in which we might give expression to the multifaceted nature of our experiences and encounters with places and spaces in playful and thoughtful ways.    

An active interrogation of the mechanics of playwriting, this course will creatively examine the use of dramatic action, character, location, narrative and structure in the making of a play. This course is useful both for playwrights at the beginning of their career and for writers who have written one or two plays and are looking to develop their craft. 

Can fiction writers learn from memoir? And when using autobiographical material, where and how do you create the friction needed to make compelling stories? Whether you’re writing a memoir dressed as a novel, lightly taking from lived experience for a novel, or experimenting with shorter fiction, this course will help develop your writing.  

Join award winning poets Kim Moore and Clare Shaw for an immersive poetry residential. Through workshops, readings and shared reflection, we’ll explore poetry as a powerful act of noticing – of bearing witness to the world around us and within us.

Take some time away from everything in the beautiful surroundings of Moniack Mhor to get some thinking and writing done on this summer retreat.