Victorian Letters: an introduction to creative writing with David Gaffney

Can you tell a story in less than 500 words? Inspired by the current ‘Art Treasures in Manchester' exhibition, David Gaffney thought you could. In this workshop participants learnt how to reduce ideas to an ultra-short format; condense, yet keep their story effective, powerful and easy to understand; manage character, description, point of view and dialogue in the ultra short story; and reduce a thousand words to 150 without losing a thing. Full of practical, fun exercises, this session will leave people wondering why anything has to be longer than a side of A4.