Be Your Own Troubadour

As part of the Occitan University in Laguépie, France, I am giving a workshop and presentation: Workshop: Tracey Warr and Amandine Rey  Be Your Own Troubadour Thursday 18 July and Friday 19 July  10am-12 noon Salle des Fetes, Laguépie 82250 60 euros, In French, English and Occitan  Learn about troubadour vidas (introductory, often boasting, biographies), tensos (debate songs, usually between a man…

Experiencing Suspense

Can I get through treacherous snow and howling winds in the UK today to reach the Gers in south-west France for a weekend workshop with a group of delightful writers? If I make it, we plan to consider narrators, voice, tense, creating characters, creating suspense, settings, and constructing fictional worlds. That should be enough to…