In this course, we’ll explore how you approach writing in new ways, how you can unlock the weird in your writing and how you can look to other forms of art for inspiration. We’ll do some reading, lots of writing and break some writing rules too!
Embracing the weird in your writing means taking risks and breaking rules. It means being completely honest, not censoring yourself and not being afraid of judgement! It means having fun, trying experimental techniques and looking at things from strange, new angles. In this course, we’ll explore how you approach writing in new ways, how you can unlock the weird in your writing and how you can look to other forms of art for inspiration. We’ll do some reading, lots of writing and break some writing rules too!
By the end, you’ll create characters so real and weird, they’ll jump straight out of your notebook!
About James Smart
James Smart is a graduate of the MFA in Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia. A short story writer from Barnsley, they are passionate about the possibilities of language and what words can do. Their stories have been published both in the UK and internationally. They were shortlisted for the Commonwealth Short Story Prize and the UEA New Forms Award, won the award for best new writer from the US journal Glimmertrain, and have been nominated twice for the Pushcart Prize and once for the Best of the Net award. Now based in Norwich, James enjoys making things, exploring new places, and teaching creative writing.
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