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 the participants: learnt how to reduce ideas to an ultra-short format; how to 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 left people wondering why anything has to be longer than a side of A4.