Tutor / Kaite O’Reilly

This course is suitable for writers of all genres – from poetry, prose, scriptwriting, and performance – and will aim to offer a boost of fresh perspective into your writing. Using the best examples of poetry, fiction, and plays written by disabled and Deaf writers, group workshops will invite you to consider how to be more inclusive and representative in the creation of characters, perspectives, narratives, and fictional worlds. Through discussions, writing exercises and prompts, you will be encouraged to look at your writing anew. We will challenge the stereotypes, and consider new narratives, reinvented protagonists, surprising endings, and a refreshed language for our work. Led by the internationally renowned writer Kaite O’Reilly, this course will send you home with a new attitude and several new ideas.