Time to start that novel or kick start your memoirs! 

Join award-winning writer Liz Hyder for a series of three creative writing workshops targeted at helping you improve and develop character, world-building, and structure for your stories.

Using practical writing exercises and group discussion, you’ll develop your ideas and go home with a toolbox of handy tips, tricks and techniques to draw from. Suitable both for writers who already have a work-in-progress or who are keen to embark on one.

Each monthly session is 3 hours long, running from 10am-1pm on a Saturday, upstairs at Gather in Ludlow. 

Session one - 5 October 2024 - Character

We'll explore different methods to flesh out your characters using a range of exercises to help bring them to life and to test just how well you really know them!

Session two - 2 November 2024 - World-building

We'll work through some guidelines of how to create a believable world before putting it into practice - creating a brand new fictional world from scratch during the session as a group before working on our own spin-offs.

Session three - 7 December 2024 - Story and Structure

We'll tackle peril and high-stakes, classic three act structures, and how to plot character arcs to add tension to your story.

 Join us 

This workshop is open to all writers who are seeking to improve and develop their skills with an experienced writer. Suitable for people writing Adult, Young Adult and Children's fiction too. All you need to bring is a pen and paper.

Free places via our bursary scheme

Gather offers two free bursary places per workshop and would love to hear from anyone who is keen to claim their free place on this writing course with Liz. Email hello@morethanacowork.com to find out more on our bursary offer, just let us know what workshop you're interested in.