Critically acclaimed author William Ryan identifies and explains seven ways to improve your fiction in a fun and fast-paced masterclass that will change your fiction for the better in only 90 minutes.

• How to start a scene and how to end it
• How creating a dramatic world to contain your characters can help develop a focussed story
• How to build physical and social settings for your novel to take place in
• The importance of conflict and how to use it to create dramatic tension
• Understanding how shifts in the control of a conversation can improve dialogue
• The importance of hidden subtexts in character interactions and how this can add depth and complexity to your story
• How to convey information about characters and place without slowing down your writing

A recording of the full masterclass will also be available to share with attendees.

The workshop fee of £30 (incl. VAT) is payable in full online.

This is a live online event which will be presented using video conferencing software. Joining instructions and full guidance will be provided by the W&A Team a week before the event start-date.

This event will include written text and visuals. Please contact us in advance so that we can make arrangements to be sure all documents appear in a format that works for you.

Writers & Artists has made up to five bursary places available for this event as part of our accessibility scheme. Please visit our bursaries page for further information about how to apply. All bursary applications must have been submitted for consideration by Wednesday 23rd March