Writers’ Workshop: “Writing The Body” with Francesca Ramsay

Saturday, 19 April 2025 at 13:00 at The Holloway, Norwich

Above all, we cannot afford not to live in the present – Henri David Thoreau In an age of distraction, globalisation, and reliance on technology, we are becoming an increasingly dissociated society. How can we use writing to bring ourselves back into our bodies and our bodies back into the present - and how do we bring this physicality onto the page? This afternoon workshop is divided into two halves. We will begin by exploring how writing can be used as a tool of embodiment. Through a series of exploratory exercises, we will tune into each of our senses and discover the power of active noticing. In the second half, we will focus on translating these sensations onto the page. Using a selection of genre-spanning and visceral examples, we will discuss writers who have brought the physical into their own writing, and use their work as a diving board to embody our own. This is a workshop for all. Discussion and sharing of work is encouraged but not enforced. The session includes a reading…