In this workshop, you’ll learn how to use tenses and time effects to original and powerful fictional ends. Along with an in-depth look at the potential uses and abuses of the past and present tenses, you’ll explore how to use flashbacks, flash-forwards, countdowns, parallel time streams, looping narratives and paradoxes to create enthralling and intriguing effects.

About the event:

Running time: 105 minutes

Materials will be provided. This workshop is suitable for writers aged 14+.

Price £15/£10 concession (plus 50p booking fee)

This workshop is in person

About the author:

Georgina Bruce is a writer and teacher. Her short stories have been widely published in magazines and anthologies, and have been longlisted for the Bridport and Mslexia short story prizes. In 2017, her story “White Rabbit” won the British Fantasy Award for Short Fiction. Her debut collection, “This House of Wounds,” is due out in May 2019.

This workshop is supported by Write Gear, purveyor of the Writer’s Notebook and creators of The Page One podcast