Creative Writing — The Toolkit (November 2024)
Author of Your Creative Writing Toolkit and two short story collections, Dr Rachel Knightley shares the tools at the heart of fiction and storytelling.
Week 1 (11th November): Character and Point of View
Week 2 (25th November): Dialogue and Description
About Rachel Knightley
Dr Rachel Knightley is the author of two short story collections, Beyond Glass (2020) and Twisted Branches (2022). Her short stories have won Writers’ Forum’s First Prize for Fiction (Wolf in the Mirror), the London Writers ‘Promis’ Prize (The Existence of Tim) and been shortlisted for a British Fantasy Award for best anthology (Dreamland, edited by Sophie Essex). She coaches writers and speakers in southwest London, central London and online and is a visiting lecturer in Creative Writing. Rachel is the founder and creative director of The Writers’ Gym, a creative writing and creative confidence building platform for writers of all genres and all levels of experience. She is also founder and co-presenter of The Writers’ Gym podcast.