Creative Writing Weekend: Writing Tension and Suspense! (ages 8-13)

Sarah E Williams (www.writtenwithwilliams.com) presents this limited two-session writing course for children aged 8-13. In each two hour session healthy drinks and snacks will be provided. By the end of these two sessions the children will understand how to create tension and suspense!

Spaces are limited to six places for this course. We run various childrens courses and sessions in The Blue House Bookshop. Keep an eye out for our other sessions and let us know if you'd like to see anything in particular!

On Saturday we'll discuss how writers create tension, what kind of techniques can we use and what kind of settings are tense in themselves. We'll discuss the book 'Wolf Brother' by Michelle Paver, which you can buy from The Blue House Bookshop at a discounted price when you've booked this course, and see how she builds tension and keeps us reading. We'll play writing games and have a go at creating tense ans suspenseful scenes!

On Sunday we'll play some games to create tense stories together and then dive into our own writing. By the end of this session everyone will have a tense scene they've written - but we'll all be very chilled out otherwise!

Sarah E Williams is an experienced creative writing tutor. For over four years she has been teaching creative writing to children an adults alike via online platforms. Since moving to York she has taught various adult in-person sessions and is now collaborating with The Blue House Bookshop in order to bring her love of writing to younger students too. She brings excitement and enthusiasm to each class and helps every child believe that they can succeed in writing while enjoying the process.

Past student reviews:

I just wanted to thank you so much for the fabulous course at Blue House.
Rose came out of each session absolutely buzzing with excitement and she felt really proud of what she had achieved.
There was such a lovely energy and atmosphere in the room - I wish I could have done it too! - Bridget

Your class is the number one thing that Tom is looking forward to for the summer holidays! It's the ultimate highlight! - Leah

Host or Publisher Sarah Williams