Activities at The Skyros Centre, Greece
WRITERS' LAB: Write Your Life, Craft Your Novel with Steve Attridge
Sat 10 - Fri 23 Jun 2023
Six steps to successful writing
This course will help you become a more effective writer producing work worthy of publication. Whether you wish to write autobiographically, children’s or genre fiction, or are already doing so, these workshops will inspire you.
The six steps include creating effective story worlds, character and voice, building on your strengths and identifying your weaknesses (self editing). Short talks, examples, individual and group work will introduce you to numerous techniques and skills that mean you will be a better, stronger and more purposeful writer. Life experiences and writing are intimately connected, whatever you write, and this rich terrain will be explored in depth, as will the relationship between intellect, imagination and the senses.
Week Two will develop and deepen work from Week One.
Find out more from Steve in this introductory video below.
What's included?
Steve's masterclass is held at the Skyros Centre on Skyros island in Greece. This Writers' Lab course runs alongside the Art Studio and Health & Wellbeing programmes. The holiday includes half board, twin shared accommodation in the village. Single upgrades are available. Chat through the website, call +44 (0)1983 86 55 66 or email holidays@skyros.com to discuss your requirements. Find out more about this holiday here.
About Steve Attridge
Steve Attridge has had over 100 TV scripts produced. Twice a BAFTA nominee, he has also won 3 RTS Awards (for Best Drama), Best Film Award 2 Writer’s Guild Awards and TV film awards.
He has 24 books published, including adult fiction, psychological thrillers, children’s, history, comedy. His novel, The Natural Law, went straight to number one in the Amazon Kindle Singles Bestsellers. He won an Eric Gregory Award for Poetry and a slam poetry award. Nine of his stage plays have been produced and he has performed 2 one man shows at the Edinburgh Festival. This year his latest book was published, about Covid in the future, called Sometimes I Disappear.
He is currently writing a series of Children’s books and a historical novel. He has worked as a Writer and Lecturer all over the world, running Masterclasses, short courses and University Courses, including at Oxford, Warwick and Sheffield. He ran writing workshops at the New York Public library and often runs Guardian Masterclass events.
What people say about Steve and his courses:
Really enjoyed this wonderful course. Learned a great deal.
I found this compressed course extremely useful. Practical and good theory base well combined. Lots of sensible and helpful/useful tips. Like the mix of humour and literary references. Steve is an excellent teacher.
Six hours [at The Grange] is a deceptive offering - whole worlds and possibilities can open up - as they have for me this weekend. From on the spot exercises, discussion and reams of instruction, I will return to my desk inspired and emboldened. Steve paces us through terrains of character, structure, dialogue and theme - a whole toolkit from which to move forwards...
Steve was a treasure trove of literary knowledge.
I loved the writing course.
An outstanding course that fully met my aspirations. It’s dominant quality was Steve’s enthusiasm for his art and us.
Steve was extremely generous with his time and information.
Awesome - engaging, thought-provoking - loved it! Thank you so much...
