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Turn Your Life into Words with Stephen Clarke

You might want to write about your whole life, a single relationship, a road trip, your job or your personal take on any experience you've ever had. You can express all this in a memoir, novel, rap, poem, article, blog or any other collection of published words.

Whatever your goals, there are some core things you have to consider – your angle, scope, voice, genre and audience. This course will help you to decide what you want to write and how to go about it.

What's included?

Stephen's course is held in Atsitsa Bay on Skyros island in Greece and is part of the wide range of courses and activities available. The holiday includes full board twin shared accommodation in an eco-hut. Single upgrades and twin shares in the house are available. Chat through the website, call +44 (0)1983 86 55 66 or email holidays@skyros.com to discuss your requirements. 

About Stephen Clarke

Stephen Clarke has turned (or rather twisted) his life in France into six bestselling novels (A Year in the Merde, Merde Actually, Dial M for Merde, etc), as well as writing history books such as 1000 Years of Annoying the French, travel and opinion articles for UK and foreign newspapers, magazines and websites, and has a regular column in France magazine about being a Parisian.

He has also adapted his novel The Merde Factor for the stage, written and performed a words-and-music show about Anglo-French history, composed English song lyrics for a French singer, and written and directed a one-woman show for an American stand-up comedienne that was performed in Paris and New York.

Stephen tutored creative writing courses at Atsitsa in 2015 and 2019, and has given talks at different writers' groups in Paris, as well as mentoring a creative writing student at the University of London.