Writing Ghost Stories: Part One

Workshop:

Writing Ghost Stories is a two-week online writing course, Tuesday 3rd December and Tuesday 10th December, 6:30pm-8:30pm.

As Christmas closes in once more, ghost story season hits its peak with cold nights and fireside tales the order of the day. In this two-week course, we’ll explore the essentials of writing chilling tales in the form, taking in how to build atmosphere, developing strong characters, pacing and more! Led by acclaimed lecturer, workshopper and co-ordinator of the UK Ghost Story Festival, Alex Davis.

Part One:
What is a ghost story?
A history of ghost stories
Building atmosphere in the ghost story

Part Two:
Character in the ghost story
Pacing in the ghost story

Alex Davis:

Alex Davis is a writer, lecturer, writing coach and event organiser based in Derby. Much of his work has specialised in fantasy, SF and horror, and he regular runs fantasy workshops and has led on events including Edge-Lit and FantasyCon. He has also spent time working in SFF publishing and is an associate lecturer in Creative Writing at the University of Derby.

Zoom:

Before the event, you’ll receive a link through Eventbrite that will give you access to the Zoom meeting. Once you click on the link, it will take you to Alex’s Zoom meeting on the Eventbrite event page. Please contact admin@nottinghamwritersstudio.co.uk if you have any questions.

Recorded Version:

If you can’t join the live session, don’t worry! The Zoom meeting will be recorded, and everyone with a ticket will get a Dropbox link. That link will contain the recorded session and other useful goodies.