Masterclass: Non-Fiction

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Wyl Menmuir

Date Tuesday October 24th 2023, 19:00-21:00 BST

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Are you drawn to the water’s edge? Are you a sea swimmer, beachcomber, surfer or shell collector? Or are you just fascinated by the ocean and those who explore, plunge into and take comfort from it? In this masterclass we’ll look at different ways to think and write about the sea. Wyl Menmuir, author of the bestselling non-fiction title The Draw of The Sea and recipient of the Roger Deakin Award for nature writing, will guide you through a series of practical approaches for writing about our many relationships with the sea. Drawing on prose and poetry, we will explore possibilities for your own original writing about the watery places to which we have been pulled back since the beginning of time and which continue to intrigue and fascinate, terrify and console. Please bring with you a photograph of a favourite section of coastline or of a coastal activity you want to explore in writing or a small artefact (think shells, pieces of driftwood, sea beans or ocean plastics). As part of the session we’ll be writing about a place that is particularly important to you.

The Masterclass will be delivered via Zoom webinar, so you can take the session at your own pace, without the pressure of having your video or camera on. Sessions are also recorded so if you are unable to attend live, you will have access to the recording for a month afterwards.

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Wyl Menmuir

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Wyl Menmuir is an award-winning author based in Cornwall. His debut novel The Many was nominated for the Man…

Online: £35

Concessions: £17.50

As part of our effort to increase participation in the arts, a limited number of half-price concessions are available for this course at checkout. There are a limited number of free subsidised places for those who cannot afford the concession price.

We are committed to making our Arvon at Home programme accessible to as many people as possible.

Across all of Arvon at Home

All sessions will have auto-generated captioning.
During sessions we will have a text version available via screen share.
There is a Chat facility to ask any questions.

Masterclasses and Online Writing Day

A recording of the Masterclass will be available to view for one month after it is aired live.
There is a Chat and Q & A facility to ask any questions.
Zoom webinar format (your video and audio will remain off throughout, & your name will not be visible to other participants so it is a ‘relaxed’ event).

How I Write

There is a chat and Q&A facility to ask any questions.
Zoom webinar format (your video and audio will remain off throughout, & your name will not be visible to other participants so it is a ‘relaxed’ event).

Online Writing Weeks / Weekends

Courses have much smaller groups than Masterclasses and How I Write events, and are also more interactive with your fellow course participants and tutors, so cameras and audio are usually on (though both are completely optional). If you would prefer your camera and audio to be off, it would be helpful to let your course host know this in advance.

Subject to funding/permissions (please contact us for more details)

Recording of Writing Weeks and Weekends.
Downloadable transcripts.
BSL interpretation.
Live captioning.

If you have any access issues that we have not covered here, please contact us on access@arvon.org

See here for more access information.

"These zoom opportunities are really helping to open my world and keep me inspired to write."

— Masterclass participant

"Arvon at Home creates a model to participate in inspirational tutoring for writers, at a distance. The feeling of attending to my writing life in an excellent fashion, and still having a half-day for my work and caring responsibilities at home, felt like a good balance."

— Masterclass participant

"It was an absolutely brilliant session and very very useful. And it made me realise how much I’ve missed this kind of workshop because of having children and family that I can’t leave. Now we’re all in the same boat the online stuff is truly transformative."

— Masterclass participant