Ever wanted to consider the responsibility authors have to their readers, of representation, and the notion of "telling a good story"? If so, this one-off, hour-long session on authorial responsibility will work wonders for your professional and intellectual development and diversify your perspective on this critical issue, especially with the rise of AI and debates about who "owns" narratives. You will learn:

• How to navigate the ethical quandaries that come with writing fiction

• Who is responsible for creating and consuming thought-provoking fiction? Is it the reader, writer, or both?

Writing science fiction and fantasy can be challenging, but Eri will guide you through the process, being a Fantasy writer themselves. This one-hour session will help develop your practice of the genre and consider genre theory around the subject. There are many elements to consider: world-building, technology, magic systems, and the tropes of fantastical fiction. 

If you enjoy this session, you may want to progress to the upcoming “Writing Speculative Fiction” and “Writing Societies” courses to develop your knowledge further. In this hour-long session, you will learn: 

• How to consider the elements of speculative fiction writing

• How to use (and subvert) tropes of current speculative fiction to invent something new

How do we write for change, and what does it look like? Using a historical example from Queer theory,  this hour-long session will consider writing for change, and the impact of this. The session will also consider how you, as writers in the modern day, twenty-first century, can also write for change. You will learn:

• About a historical example of writing for change

• Steps to create your own socially-engaged writing

This hour-long live session will effectively be a quick crash course on neurodiverse planning, writing, and editing, and provide one strategy to enable students to tackle these sections of the often daunting writing process. The interactive introductory session will also ask students to consider their neurodiversity and how this affects them. You will learn:

• How to consider your neurodiversity in the writing process

• How to use one strategy for each stage of the writing process: plan, write and edit

If you enjoy this, then the full twelve-week course “Writing for Neurodiverse individuals” is available to further develop your knowledge and embrace your different needs and ways of working.