Live online courses 2024
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Write A Radio Drama in Five Weeks course
Write A Podcast Drama
in 5 Weeks -MARCH 2024
Dates: Thursday 7-9pm, starting 21 `March, then 28 March, 4 April , 11 April and 18 April 2024
Location: Live online teaching via Zoom
Cost: £175 for all five sessions
Join my online classroom and write a complete audio podcast drama over five weekly sessions. These live, interactive online classes will introduce you to the industry of audio drama, and allow you to learn the skills necessary to write drama for radio and podcasts.
We will look at the new opportunities in this growing industry and explore how to structure podcast drama, how to sustain tension in plot, how to build dramatic audio characters and how to write convincing dialogue. We will consider the state of the market now, and what commissioners are looking for from writers.
Each week members of the group will share their writing-in-progress, and by the end of the five weeks you will have a complete podcast drama idea, and a plan for what to do with it next.
Prior to the class you will be sent a listening list of podcast dramas to inspire and educate you about the form. We will discuss and learn from these dramas in the class.
No prior writing experience or knowledge of audio or podcast drama is necessary.
FIVE SHORT STORIES IN FIVE WEEKS – FEB 2024
Thursdays, 7-9pm, live teaching via Zoom Online Meeting
Dates: Thursday 7-9pm, starting 8 February, then 15 February , 22 February , 29 February , 7 March 2024
Join my online classroom and write five complete short stories over five weekly sessions. These live, interactive online classes will introduce you to the craft and industry of story writing, and allow you to learn the skills necessary to write and publish your own short fiction
Participants will be sent a reading list of classic and contemporary short stories before the course begins. We will closely examine the author’s intentions and use these insights to shape your own work.
Each week members of the group will share their writing-in-progress, and by the end of the five weeks you will have five new stories and plans for what to do with them next.
‘No previous experience of writing fiction or short stories is necessary.
Recent Testimonials
“Excellent tutor with a wealth of practical experience. Helen enabled everyone to contribute”
Participant
Write A Radio Drama
in Five Weeks course 2023
“An excellent tutor, Helen Cross, who really knew her subject and was able to pass on her enthusiasm”
Participant
Write A Radio Drama
in Five Weeks course 2023
“A really helpful, informative, efficient, fun and exciting course!’