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An online summer writing retreat: Week two

Escape to the page: An online creative writing retreat
Escape to the page: An online creative writing retreat Composite: Sophia McNab/Guardian Masterclasses

Our popular online writing retreat has returned. With brand-new content, and more expert-led workshops, writing surgeries, and space to hone your craft than before, our retreat is better than ever. And, this year, we’re giving you the opportunity to book a single week of the retreat or save by booking all three weeks for the price of two.

Week two summary

Crucially, you can follow this retreat at a pace that suits you. Our masterclasses, writing workouts, surgeries and salons are all recorded, which means you can watch and rewatch until the end of August

Date: Monday 31 July – Sunday 6 August 2023
Time: various, please refer to the schedule
Price: £199 (plus £7.80 booking fee), or £398 (plus £7.80 booking fee) for the full three-week retreat

Retreat Calendar Week 1
Retreat Calendar Week 1 Photograph: Oliver

Week two details

Monday 31 July

  • Writing workout workshop with Natasha Pulley, 8am-8.45am BST

Tuesday 1 August

Ross Raisin
Ross Raisin Photograph: Stephen Garnett
  • Writing room, 10am-4pm BST

  • Masterclass: Picture perfect with Ross Raisin, 6pm-8pm BST A masterclass that will get to grips with how to create the world – of sights and smells, seasons and scenes – that your characters inhabit.

Wednesday 2 August

  • Ross Raisin’s writing surgery, 1pm-2pm BST

  • Tim Lott’s writers’ workshop, 6.30pm-8pm BST

Thursday 3 August

  • Writing room: Evening session, 7-9pm BST

Friday 4 August

Louise Doughty
Louise Doughty Photograph: Max Kennedy
  • Masterclass: Plot and narrative structure with Louise Doughty 3pm-4.30pm BST
    Structuring your novel can sometimes seem like wrestling with an octopus. How do you put form on a story lasting hundreds of pages? What if your beginning is too slow or your middle too sludgy?

Saturday 5 August

  • Writing room, 10am-4pm BST

Sunday 6 August

  • Writing hour with Maame Blue, 11am-12pm BST

  • Writers’ salon, 6pm-6.45pm BST

Tutor profiles

Ross Raisin is the author of four novels: A Hunger (2022), A Natural (2017), Waterline (2011) and God’s Own Country (2008). Ross’ work has won and been shortlisted for over ten literary awards. In 2018 he was awarded a Fellowship by the Royal Society of Literature.

Louise Doughty

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Details

This masterclass is available globally. See this time zone converter to check your local live streaming time.

6pm BST | 7pm CEST | 10am PDT | 1pm EDT

You will be sent a link to the webinar 24 hours and 30 minutes before the course start time. Please email masterclasses@theguardian.com if you do not receive the access link 24 hours before the scheduled start time.

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Returns policy

Once a purchase is complete we will not be able to refund you where you do not attend or if you cancel your event booking. Please see our terms and conditions for more information on our refund policy.

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