This workshop is presented in collaboration with the Scottish BPOC Writers Network (SBWN) and is a session for Black writers & writers of colour only.
All SBWN events will adhere to our Safer Spaces Policy. You can learn more about their policy here. Please be mindful when booking.
What is the driving force of your novel? How do you maintain tension and purpose and forward momentum in your novel? Uncover your novel's through-line in this workshop! A through-line is the core propulsion in your novel. This can be your character's main conflict or desire. More broadly, it might be the main, emotional question, with high stakes, that the story poses. A through-line can be embodied in a central theme, conflict, motif, etc. There can be secondary through-lines that run parallel and intertwine. We will examine examples of a through-line, look at through-lines in several speculative texts, and do exercises to identify the through-line of participants' works-in-progress!
Your Workshop Leader
Zebib K. Abraham is a writer and psychiatrist M.D. She is published in Clarkesworld, Podcastle, Fantasy Magazine, The Rumpus, Fractured Lit, JMWW, and more. She is a Reading Round Royal Literary Fund fellow for 2024-2025. She is represented by Carleen Geisler at ArtHouse Literary Agency.
This workshop is presented in collaboration with the Scottish BPOC Writers Network (SBWN).
All SBWN events will adhere to our Safer Spaces Policy. You can learn more about our policy here. Please be mindful when booking.
This is a session for Black writers & writers of colour only.
BSL interpretation will be provided
About the event:
Running time: 105 minutes including breaks
Tickets: £14 / £12 (plus 50p booking fee)
By booking a ticket for this workshop, you agree to the adhere to the SBWN Safer Spaces Policy.
The workshop will be take place in Zoom meetings. You will receive the Zoom link 48 hours before the event. Workshops are not recorded.
Please note there is no physical space provided at the festival venue to participate in this workshop.