What role does the imagination play when we are writing about lived experience? If we agree that the life-writer’s task isn’t simply to record events but to write about them in a way that will engage our reader in character, setting and story, then we need to bring our imagination to the work. Evoking remembered people or conversations or happenings in a vivid way in our writing can feel conflicting for life-writers so during this masterclass (mistressclass!) we’ll discuss ethical considerations and through a combination of in-class writing exercises and the study of extracts from published texts, we’ll explore techniques to enable us to tell our stories creatively and with integrity. The session will be run by Hannah Vincent. Hannah is a novelist, short story writer and playwright. Her first novel, Alarm Girl was published in 2014 by Myriad Editions and her second, The Weaning was published in 2018 by Salt. Her short story collection She-Clown and Other Stories, published by Myriad in 2020, was shortlisted for the Edgehill Prize and the Manchester Fiction Prize. Her stage plays have been produced by among others, The Royal Court Theatre and The Royal National Theatre Studio and her radio play Come to Grief won a 2015 BBC Audio award. She has a PhD in creative and critical writing from the University of Sussex. The session will be held in the cosy surroundings of Kemptown Bookshop in Brighton and will run from 10-4pm with an hour for lunch. The venue is in the heart of Kemptown Village, on sveeral major bus routes and has plenty of options for lunch. The workshop is part of a series of one-day masterclasses held in the summer They are open to existing students on the Creative Writing Programme and other writers looking to improve specific areas of their writing craft. You can book onto as many workshops as you choose. The summer masterclasses are:  10-4pm 13th June (Kemptown Bookshop, Brighton) Life writing and imagination –Hannah Vincent  10-4pm 14th June (Jubilee Library, Brighton) Timeless Tales : making meaning of myths and writing new ones – Vayu Naidu 11-5pm 15th June (Jubilee Library, Brighton) Writing crime – Graham Bartlett  10-4pm 28th June (online) Exploring experimental fiction – Charlie Hill 10-4pm 29th June (online) Writing Short stories – Henry Tydeman First year students on the Creative Writing Programme receive two free masterclasses a year as part of their programme fee and can book the free place. Other writers need to pay for a place which costs £62.50 for the online masterclass and £75 for the in-person one.  Tickets are non-refundable except under exceptional circumstances. If you have any questions about these workshops, please email cathy@creativewritingprogramme.org.uk

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