Summer greetings from Thoughttree! We do hope you're enjoying the sunshine.
We've been busy planning future local workshops and events, commencing in September - and watch this space for details of our new venues in York!
We'll be offering our next workshop, Tightening the Tension, in South Cave and Pocklington (venues and dates to be confirmed) All good stories revolve around some kind of conflict - social, psychological, physical - so we'll focus on hooking the reader, building and sustaining tension and handling suspense. As always, we'll look at how some of the best authors do it, have a go at some enjoyable practical writing tasks - and share the results!
And to keep your creative juices flowing during the summer months, we're announcing our first Thoughttree Writing Competition! Write a short story(or a piece of memoir writing), maximum 1500 words, on a theme of your choice and submit it to us by email before 15th September. The winner will receive a book token, tutor feedback (which we are offering to all entrants) and public acclamation as Writer of the Month on our website. Further details on the Thoughttree website (thoughttree.co.uk) and do pass it on - anyone can enter!
Good luck and happy holidays!
