The Skyros Centre
The Writers' Lab Masterclasses
An adult-only creative retreat in the heart of Greek village life
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Your masterclass runs for three hours per day, five days per week
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Also enjoy morning Yoga and late afternoon Music & Arts classes
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Choose to stay in traditional Skyrian accommodation in the village or by the sea
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Breakfast and lunch are included, with dinner sometimes in place of lunch
Return home with all the skills and encouragement necessary to pursue your creative vision
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Creating Laughter with Arthur SmithSun 11 - Sun 18 Jul 2021 (7 nts) £765This Masterclass with Arthur Smith is for anyone who wants to write or perform comedy or for those who just want to gaze at the Aegean Sea and chuckle along with the waves. Arthur will provide advice, exercises, insights and showbiz gossip but, most importantly, will give all students a certificate. At the end of our week we will present a comedy night to the other students which will demonstrate that 'laughter is the one true metaphysical consolation'. See you in Greece. |
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TBCSun 18 Jul - Sat 31 Jul 2021 (13 nts) £1,425TBC |
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TBCSun 1 - Sun 8 Aug 2021 (7 nts) £815TBC |
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TBCSun 8 - Sat 21 Aug 2021 (13 nts) £1,425TBC |
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Life, Dreams and Fiction with Steve AttridgeSun 22 - Sun 29 Aug 2021 (7 nts) £815Discover new ways of writing about your life. Imaginative ways to tap into the events and experiences, memories and people in your life. Lots of tips and techniques for turning these into powerful fiction or straight autobiography.
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Adventures in Comedy Writing with Logan MurraySun 29 Aug - Sun 5 Sep 2021 (7 nts) £795Comedy, like any other art, is a craft. There are tips and techniques to be learnt. Simply put, if you can understand comedy grammar then unlocking the funny ideas becomes easier. From finding your creative inspiration to learning the building blocks of humour, this workshop will help you discover your unique comic voice. Although a writing course, there would be some non-writing exercises designed to encourage the participant’s creativity. There would also be writing games with group feedback and tutor led suggestions to help you hone your comedy writing skills. By the end of the course you will know how to write comedy and will have the confidence to stand up on your own and make a group of total strangers laugh. |
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Dream Author with Sophie HannahSun 5 Sep - Sun 12 Sep 2021 (7 nts) £765When publishers talk about finding a 'dream author', they mean an author who is a dream to work with. From a writer's point of view, however, that description can and should mean something else: how to fulfil your creative dreams and make precisely the contribution that you want to make according to your own talents, needs and ideals. Internationally bestselling crime writer Sophie Hannah has created this course in order to share with writers at every stage of their writing journeys everything she wishes she had known when she started out on hers. She will teach you how to become an author whose dreams come true, in a course that covers the creative, business, psychological and emotional aspects of surviving and thriving as a writer in today's world. |
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TBCSun 12 - Sun 19 Sep 2021 (7 nts) £695TBC |
