Faber Academy: Writing Day with Jessica Andrews

How can we render the pain, joy and expectations of our bodies in the world? How can we translate our physical experiences in language which will resonate with readers?In this one-day masterclass on writing the body, novelist Jessica Andrews will guide you through a series of close readings, generative exercises and discussions to reimagine how you might write about the body.The day will end with a Q&A with Jessica about her writing life and career as a novelist.Whether you are a novelist, short-story writer, memoirist, essayist, poet – or a combination of these – this workshop will help you create compelling writing through an examination of sensory evocation, narrative action, tone, and structure, across both fiction and non-fiction.Booking required