FICTION WRITING WORKSHOPS
suitable for all levels

Tutor: Umi Sinha

A welcoming, supportive weekly workshop, suitable for beginners to find their unique voice while learning the basic techniques of fiction writing, and for more experienced writers to explore and deepen their approach to writing. Optional home assignments are given to allow experimentation with different techniques and themes, and work is read aloud in class and feedback given. We will also use writing exercises and discussion and look at the work of published writers.

This course is offered jointly by the University of Sussex and the WEA

Length: 20 sessions
Time: Fridays, 10am-12.30pm
Starts: 7th October 2011

For fees and to enrol for future sessions, contact Val McLeish of Seaford WEA on 01273 570146

 

About the tutor:

Umi Sinha is an experienced creative tutor who has taught on the Certificate of Creative Writing at Sussex University for 12 years. She has had short stories published and has just completed a novel which is now with her agent.

 

Testimonials:

 

"I wanted to tell you my news which is I’ve won the Bridport prize. It’s with a story I started in your class when we did a homework on writing a fairy story, and I started one about a girl who leaves the sea for the forest. Three years and much work later it had become The Woodcutter’s Wife and won first prize in the Bridport, judged by Zoe Heller. I did find that whole first term with you very inspirational."

Alison Fisher
Winner of Bridport Prize 2011

 

"mi Sinha is a naturally gifted teacher, one blessed with the ability to inspire would be writers, not only by example, but also by positive criticism linked with her deep personal interest in their subject matter. She possesses that rare ability to unravel confused writing and return the writer to his desired path of thought without bruising his sensitivity."

William Mount

 

"Umi Sinha is meticulous both in her reading and in her response to students’ work. Her feedback is always insightful and rigorous and she always sees the strengths of the fiction she is reading. She offers constructive suggestions and is always supportive and enthusiastic and wholly committed to her students. Her input is invaluable, balanced, honest and exactly what a writer needs."

Henrietta Seredy / Soames
Author of ‘Leaving Imprints‘, At the Hall, and ‘A Play of Light‘.