Leave the blank page behind in this invigorating workshop designed to bring structure and clarity to your creative ideas.
Discover practical tips and techniques for generating fresh material across prose, poetry, drama, and creative non-fiction.
Part of NCW Academy
Abi Hynes
Abi Hynes is an award-winning drama and fiction writer based in Manchester. Her first collection of short stories, Monstrous Longing, published by Dahlia Books, was shortlisted for the Edge Hill Prize 2024, and she won the Cambridge Short Story Prize in 2020.
She also writes for stage and screen. She was on the Brit List in 2022, and recently adapted ANNE OF GREEN GABLES for Audible, which starred Catherine O’Hara, Victor Garber and Sandra Oh. Her plays have been staged in theatres across the UK; she is currently working on GANGS OF LONDON and developing a number of original dramas for TV.
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