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Course description
In this unique and original workshop – led by highly acclaimed short story writer and novelist Ben Pester, and suitable for writers working in either form – we’ll discover ways to follow our imaginative impulses, ignoring 'rules' and finding new structures for our story practice. Through creative exercises, the sharing of work produced in the workshop, and by considering what elevates ‘writing’ into compelling fiction, we’ll focus on character as the driving force of stories, exploring first meetings, development, and how to say goodbye, learning how to unblock our writing and find the freedom to follow story wherever it takes us.
About the tutor
Ben Pester is a writer of long and short form fiction. His debut story collection Am I in the Right Place? was published in 2021, and was longlisted for the 2022 Edge Hill Prize. His fiction and other writing has appeared in Granta, The London Magazine, TANK, Hotel, Five Dials and elsewhere. His debut novel The Expansion Project, described by The Observer as ‘nebulous, mind-bending and delightfully strange’, was published by Granta earlier this year, and is currently shortlisted for the Goldsmiths Prize. He lives with his family in North London.