This workshop invites you to delve into the perennially-popular ghost story. What defines the ghost story? Are there "rules" for ghost story writing? How do we create a genuinely chilling tale? What are the particular challenges when approaching either a short ghost story or a novel length work? And where can you get your ghost story published? Helen Grant examines these and other topics. The session will include hints and tips, discussions and some writing exercises with prompts. Please bring something to write with/on.
Your Workshop Leader
Helen Grant writes Gothic novels and short ghost stories. Joyce Carol Oates has described her as "a brilliant chronicler of the uncanny as only those who dwell in places of dripping, graylit beauty can be." A lifelong fan of the ghost story writer M.R.James, she has spoken at two M.R.James conferences and appeared at the Dublin Ghost Story Festival. Helen's most recent books are Too Near The Dead (2021) and Jump Cut (2023). She lives in Perthshire with her family, and when not writing, she likes to explore abandoned country houses and swim in freezing lochs.
About the event:
Running time: 105 minutes including breaks
Venue: Braid Room
Tickets: £18 / £15 (plus 50p booking fee)
The event will be take place in person. Workshops are not recorded.