I love running creative writing courses and workshops. Since 2012, I’ve worked within schools and universities, for Writing East Midlands and Nottingham Writers’ Studio, as well as with smaller writing groups, and at literary festivals and libraries. I’ve also tutored residential courses with Writing South West Scotland.
I always strive to establish a playful, productive and supportive environment for writing, and I’m very happy to discuss tailoring a fiction workshop or course to suit your group’s needs.
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During 2025, I had the pleasure of mentoring for Writing East Midlands, helping Farhana Shaikh hone her great novel – an incredibly rewarding experience.
Coming up…
Packed with inspirational prompts and exercises, my next Short Story course for NTU wil run over 2 Saturdays, 17th and 24th April, at Nottingham Trent University’s City Campus.
My Workshops
Along with general exercises, advice and techniques, the workshops and courses I offer include:
- Beginning your Novel
- Creating Effective Characters
- Dialogue
- Editing
- Freeing your Fiction
- Ghost stories
- Group writing
- Mystery and Suspense
- Openings and hooks
- Setting and Atmosphere
- Short Story Success
- Thrills and Chills (Writing Crime, Thrillers, and Horror)
- Writing and Images
- Writing from the senses
- Writing the Uncanny
What attendees have said…
About Megan’s Mystery and Suspense Workshop:
‘What a terrific workshop. Megan’s enthusiasm was infectious and inspired me to explore new, darker storylines in my writing’
‘I really enjoyed the workshop. I wrote more in those few hours than I’ve written in months’
‘It was a great workshop. Totally engaging and enjoyable’
‘I honestly didn’t think I had a dark story line in me but the way she conducted that workshop brought something out of me. I’m not sure how she did it, but she did! I will definitely finish my story and I even have another one in mind. Thanks Megan’
‘I learned a lot, and have ended up wondering what might happen to my protagonist who was running a temperature and looking for something important in a dismal, damp bedroom! Thanks so much’
About Short Story Success:
‘I enjoyed the variety of prompts. I feel like I wrote things I never would have expected. It was jam-packed – my brain feels a bit fried in a good way!’
‘A very passionate tutor’
‘A very enjoyable course which has inspired me to write more’
‘Excellent. Thanks so much!’
‘Fantastic, I would have loved for the course to have been longer!’
‘A brilliant course, I would highly recommend’
About Start Writing Your Novel:
‘Our tutor was exceptional. Well prepared with excellent ideas, activities and tips. I found her very inspirational, and was sorry when the course ended’