Writing workshops
Half-day workshops for adults, and single lessons for schools (sample).
Workshops
Small groups of up to twelve, for adults and for schools (sample). Everyone writes; nobody has to read aloud.
Writing weather
Rain, wind and light on the page: how weather can carry a scene.
3 hours
$45
A place you know
Turning a real street or shore into the setting of a story.
3 hours
$45
The first page
Six drafts of an opening in one morning, and what changes.
2 hours
$35
For schools
One lesson, ages 12 to 16, with a short story read aloud first.
60 minutes
Ask
Example prices. Venues provide paper and pens; bring a notebook you like.
What a workshop is like
- Ten minutes of reading to start
- Three short writing exercises, each read back only if you want
- Notes to take home, with the exercises to try again
Bring Clara to your festival, library or book club
Readings, conversations on stage, book club evenings by video call and writing workshops. Send the date and the place; replies within a week (sample).