JOIN AMANDA SAINT ON ZOOM TO DEVELOP YOUR SHORT STORY WRITING.
Each session will feature a close reading and analysis of a short story and related craft discussion. A writing assignment will be given and then over the next 5 sessions one writer will read their story written from that assignment and get detailed developmental feedback from Amanda and the group.
After the course is finished, you can send one of the other stories you write to Amanda for detailed feedback to help you develop it further.
LIMITED TO 5 SPACES PER COURSE
Zoom sessions: Thursday afternoons from 15.30-17.30 UK time (find out your local time here) on the following dates:
2024 Courses
March (4 SPACES LEFT)
Zoom sessions: Thursday afternoons from 15.30-17.30 UK time (find out your local time here) on the following dates:
- March 7th, 14th, 21st and 28th
- April 4th and 11th
COURSE FEES: PAY WHAT YOU CAN AFFORD BETWEEN £65 AND £150. JUST TYPE IN THE AMOUNT YOU WANT TO PAY.
June (5 SPACES LEFT)
Zoom sessions: Tuesday afternoons from 14.00-16.00 UK time (find out your local time here) on the following dates:
- June 04th, 11th, 18th and 26th
- July 2nd and 09th
COURSE FEES: PAY WHAT YOU CAN AFFORD BETWEEN £65 AND £150. JUST TYPE IN THE AMOUNT YOU WANT TO PAY.
ABOUT AMANDA SAINT
Amanda Saint started Retreat West in 2012 and launched Retreat West Books in 2017 (Winner: Most Innovative Publisher 2020 Saboteur Awards). She has been designing and teaching online courses, and live workshops, for many years and has worked as an editor on hundreds of manuscripts.
She’s the author of two novels, As If I Were A River (2016), which was longlisted for the Guardian Not The Booker Prize, a NetGalley Top 10 Book of the Month and a Book Magnet Blog Top 20 Book of 2016; and Remember Tomorrow (2019 ). She is now working on a novella and a flash fiction collection; and is training to be a mindfulness teacher and counsellor. She writes The Mindful Writer and Storytelling with the Tao Te Ching on Substack.
Amanda’s stories have been widely published; long/shortlisted in the Mslexia Flash Fiction Competition, Fish Flash Fiction Prize, Ink Tears Short Story Prize, Cranked Anvil Short Story Competition, Flash 500 and V300; nominated for Best Small Fictions 2023; and won the Editor’s Choice Prize at 101 Words.