I Hear Voices: Evoking Tone through Word Choice, Images and Style

Workshop

What is voice? What are its key components? What feeds into it? And how do we bring it to the page?

Date(s)

Tuesday 2nd September 2025 (19:00-20:30 BST)

Saturday 6th September (09:00-10:30 BST)

What we'll cover

Levels of voice (authorial, narrative, character, situational).
The different factors that define a particular voice.
Vocabulary, imagery, description, and style.
Techniques for capturing voice.
Authenticity, appropriation, and consistency.

What to expect

A mix of visual presentation, audio/video presentation, and writing prompts.
Explanation and exploration of new ideas and different techniques.
Opportunities to plant story seedlings which can be developed at a later date.

Facilitated through

Google Meet

Price

Pay What You Can (Pricing options - (A) £20, (B) £16, (C) £12)

Free places

There are ten free places available for low income writers who wouldn't otherwise be able to attend. These will be allocated via a lottery system. To be eligible, please apply before the 31st July.

Additional information

Closed captions will be available during the workshop.

Following the workshop, participants will have access to a recorded version as well as a summary of the workshop content in PDF form.

Workshop tutor

Matt Kendrick is a writer, editor and teacher based in the East Midlands, UK. His short fiction has appeared in various journals, and has been included on the Biffy 50 list for 2019-20, in Best Microfiction 2021, Best Small Fictions 2022 and the Wigleaf Top 50 2022.

Book

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