Writing Place: Inside and Out – Litro Masterclasses
About the course
Course Fee
125
Course Length
One Day
Weekly Study
75 mins
Testimonial
“Litro Masterclasses pushed me to see my strengths and weaknesses clearly, with honest feedback and detailed critique. The experience helped me develop work I could take beyond my local scene and into international opportunities.”
Course summary
Live on Zoom: Sat 18 April 2026 | 17:00–18:15 UK | 75 minutes | Seats capped at 20
Writing Place: Inside and Out is a live masterclass for prose writers who want setting to do real work on the page. Using practical methods from psychogeography and embodied writing, you’ll generate fresh material and learn how to root scenes in specific places, build atmosphere and subtext, and use place to reveal character and agency.
Over 75 minutes, we’ll write from observation, memory, and imagined environments — then bring the tools together in a signature scene exercise that helps you move beyond passive “background setting” into dynamic environments that shape what happens.
How you will learn
You’ll learn by writing in-session, on the clock, using guided psychogeography and embodied prompts — then shaping what you’ve produced into a usable draft you can develop after the class.
- Live Zoom session (75 minutes): short teaching segments, timed writing, then practical reflection on what worked and why.
- Embodied writing method: use the senses, observation, and memory to generate concrete detail, atmosphere, and subtext.
- Evocative objects exercise: root a place through a single object (bring a small natural object such as a leaf, stone, or seedpod).
- Signature scene exercise: place a character in an unfamiliar environment and show emotion through space, body language, behaviour, and interaction.
- Optional sharing: share one brief observation or extract (no pressure; sharing is always optional).
- Resources to keep: a curated reading list plus a bank of 10 walking-writing prompts you can reuse anytime.
- Optional homework: refine one response (up to 300 words) for light-touch feedback (not edits).
- Replay (enabled): recording available for 30 days.
The Tutor
Sonia Overall
Dr Sonia Overall is a writer, psychogeographer and educator. Her published work includes novels, poetry, short stories, creative nonfiction, academic articles and features, alongside writing and adapting work for performance. Sonia’s creative research and practice interests include place, memory and the past, the nonhuman, the weird, folklore and customs, and exploring experimental and crossover forms. Sonia frequently collaborates with artists and performers, runs writing workshops, appears at festivals and events, and undertakes work to commission.
