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Workshop description
An in-depth, engaging and inspiring three-hour workshop exploring the art and craft of short story writing. Through the close reading of innovative and classic examples of the short story and lively discussion, we’ll explore the most important aspects of the form, including beginnings and endings, shape and structure, and time and memory, while creative writing exercises will provide the inspiration for us to develop our own ideas for stories. After the workshop, which is suitable for both beginning and more experienced writers, participants will receive written feedback from the course tutor on a short story of their own (up to 3,000 words), either begun on the workshop or otherwise.
About the tutor
James Young is a writer and translator from Belfast. His writing and translations have appeared in a wide range of publications, including The Stinging Fly, Granta, Wasafiri, Fictionable, and Words Without Borders, and his short fiction has been shortlisted for the Sean O'Faolain, Wasafiri, Fish, and Bath prizes. He has been the editor of Short Fiction literary journal since 2021, while his translation of The Love of Singular Men, a novel by the Brazilian author Victor Heringer, was a finalist for the 2024 National Book Critics Circle Awards John Leonard Prize and the ALTA First Translation Prize, won the 2024 Jabuti Prize for the best Brazilian novel published abroad, and was runner-up for the Society of Authors First Translation Prize. Previously a journalist, he has written for Rolling Stone, The Observer, The Independent, Sports Illustrated and many other publications and sites. He is the founder and director of The Hastings Writers Workshop.