Experimental stories – playing with fiction and form
Join author Lyndsey Croal for a workshop on different ways of experimentation in style and form, from flash fiction to longer fiction. This will include looking at epistolary fiction, interactive and choose-your-own-adventure narratives, ways to generate ideas from other media, unusual points of views, metafiction in short and long fiction, and other unconventional forms (like fiction through reviews, lists, adverts, audio transcripts, and more). We will look at published examples to explore what these authors did and what they achieved, followed by guided writing exercises to bring your own experimental stories to life. This workshop will be suitable for a range of writing levels, and of particular interest to writers working in flash and short fiction.
Your Workshop Leader
Lyndsey is a Scottish author of strange and speculative fiction published in 100+ magazines and anthologies, including Apex, ElectricLit, Shoreline of Infinity, Analog SF, Weird Tales, Best of British Science Fiction, and Mslexia’s Best Women’s Short Fiction. She’s a Scottish Book Trust New Writers Awardee, Shirley Jackson Award and British Fantasy Award Finalist, and former Hawthornden Fellow. Her longer works include the collections Limelight and Other Stories (Shortwave) and Dark Crescent (Luna Press), and most recently her novella In This City, Where it Rains. She writes across science fiction, fantasy, and horror, often blending genres. Some of her published work has been experimental, including fiction as adverts, audio transcripts, film reviews, recipes, and more.
About the event:
Running time: 105 minutes including breaks
Venue: Braid Room
Tickets: £20.50/ £18.50 (plus 50p booking fee)
The event will be take place in-person. Workshops are not recorded. Workshops are not included In a weekend pass.
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