Date/Time
Date(s) - 22/05/2024 - 17/07/2024
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Location
Sewell Park Academy
With Dr Andrew McDonnell
If you’ve written a novel, short stories, life-writing or are in the process, than this nine week course is for you.
It is also suitable for people who are writing regularly and would benefit from a work-shopping environment.
Writing can be an isolated activity; we often ‘write in the dark’ and this course offers the opportunity to discuss work with others who understand this process, and how beneficial feedback is to the redrafting process.
Each week, two to three writers submit up to 1500 words of prose, life writing, poems or short fiction. Across two hours, the group will discuss the presented work, and offer critically constructive feedback.
The remaining time will be taken up with conversations on publishing, prize culture and where submission windows might be open for journals etc. Though there is no pressure to publish, it will offer students an insight into the next steps once a manuscript is ready.
Students will be expected to submit work in advance to allow the tutor and peers to read in advance.
About the Tutor
Hi, I’m Dr Andrew McDonnell. I’ve been teaching English Literature, Creative Writing and Publishing since 2003 in a range of venues and educational institutions such as UEA, Anglia Ruskin, Norfolk Adult Education and currently University Centre Peterborough. My short stories and poems have been published widely and my debut collection, The Somnambulist Cookbook was published by Salt in 2019. I have a Creative Writing handbook You Are The Writer being published by StoryMachines in 2025. I love reading widely and talking about books and writing craft. I have taught many students who have gone onto publish their work with traditional publishers and journals and support and advocate for writers wherever possible.
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