Writing from the Body - Fiction | £15

About the Workshop

In the session, you will:

• Examine what writing ‘from the body’ means for you in your individual practice
• Participate in activities which explore how writing is an embodied activity
• Encounter readings which show how awareness of your body, or the relations between bodies, can have a material effect on your writing
• Undertake practical writing activities which offer different ways of rendering bodily experiences in prose

After the session, you will have:

• An ability to articulate succinctly what role the body plays in your writing practice
• Relationships with other attendees who you will have discussed the workshops’ themes with in group activities
• Awareness of how your work fits with contemporary trends such as autofiction
• Pieces of writing worked on in the course, designed to provide the spark for longer writing projects afterwards, or to provide a re-invigorated approach to projects you are working on already

Darryl is aware that some writers will want to take both the Fiction and Non-Fiction workshops together or stand alone and he has planned these workshops accordingly.

IF YOU PURCHASE A TICKET FOR THIS EVENT YOU CAN ALSO PURCHASE A TICKET FOR THE WRITING FROM THE BODY NON-FICTION WORKSHOP TAKING PLACE A WEEK LATER AT A REDUCED PRICE OF £10 - IT'S CALLED THE SERIES TICKET.

Who is the workshop for? 

For writers at all levels including beginners.

Beginners, emerging writers, prose writers (fiction and non-fiction); also relevant for poets and other writers with interest in growing their engagement with prose

About Darryl Peers

Darryl Peers is a writer from Aberdeenshire. He is an AHRC-funded Creative Writing PhD candidate and Associate Lecturer at Manchester Writing School. He is writing his first novel and a memoir. He is the co-editor of a special issue of Scottish Literary Review on queer form forthcoming in 2024. His fiction has appeared in American Literary Review, The Suburban Review, and other publications.