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“These sessions are packed full of information, tips and insider knowhow. I’ve found them invaluable and they’ve helped me improve my writing no end. Will definitely be signing up again!”

Denise

Wish you could write a novel or a script one day, but you’re struggling to find the time in your hectic life? I offer writing workshops that are designed to not only fit easily into your busy schedule, but also break down the mammoth task of completing a writing project into small manageable chunks. 

When you sign up with Draft2Pitch (established 2020), You’ll get fun and informative online weekly writing guidance with minimal time commitment, but maximum results. With access to an award-winning, experienced story editor and writing mentor. Please see below for the 2025 online writing class schedule:

About your writing tutor

Hi, I’m Sara Bodinar. I’ve been writing, editing and giving writing workshops for 10+ years. I’ve worked with huge numbers of film studios, production companies, theatres, novel writers, screenwriters and academics to get novels and scripts over the line. Here’s my main writing website. But essentially:

  • I’m a multi award-winning staff writer for a number film studios
  • I lead the Writers Room at Nottingham Playhouse Theatre
  • An Honorary Fellow at Nottingham University (School of English and Drama)
  • I’m the writer-in-residence for Writersi Retreat UK and the Nottingham Actors Workshop
  • I’ve had 30+ films and 20+ plays produced

“Highly recommend any of Sara’s courses, you will gain so much more confidence and your writing skills will be greatly enhanced. She’s amazing.”

Diddy

My weekly online writing workshops – £10 per session.

Each workshop is a 40 minute stand-alone masterclass on different aspects of creative writing. It’ll involve a combination of a short informative lecture and writing exercises, with a view to lifting a veil on common writing problems and helping you build your stories in a more compelling way in the future.

Come and join our friendly, welcoming online writing community, who have fun learning new writing tips and tricks each week to help them up their writing game. 

  • Weekly sessions that are 40 minutes long via Zoom.
  • Tuesdays 8pm unless stated otherwise
  • £10 each session. Pay monthly.
  • Fun, informative and collaborative
  • Challenging writing exercises
  • Minimal writing experience necessary

To book please email me at:

Sarabodinar@gmail.com

And let me know which sessions you’d like to attend. Please bear in mind that places are limited so book as early as possible to secure your place.

“Has a natural ability to put you at ease and explains very well each step that corresponds to each level of writing that each of us are involved in, whether that be a script for Tv, Film, or writing a book.”

Barry

Online writing workshop schedule June -December 2026

June Workshops – Bookings open May 29th

  • How to write an action sequence that’ll make your reader or audience laugh, sweat and cry! (June 9th 8pm)
  • How to create a best friend character that makes your protagonist much more interesting (June 23rd 8pm)

July Workshops – Bookings open June 29th

  • Have you been making these simple worldbuilding mistakes? (July 7th 8pm)
  • Make your characters more vulnerable and more compelling at the same time (July 21st 8pm)

August Workshops – Bookings open July 30th

  • How to switch between time zones without annoying your readers / audience (August 4th 8pm)
  • Shortcuts to generating new, original ideas for an established character (August 18th 8pm)

September Workshops – Bookings open August 27th

  • The story that refuses to behave – Diagnose what to do when your characters keep taking the plot somewhere you didn’t expect (Sept 15th 8pm)
  • The narrative blind spot – Build stories around what your narrator cannot (or refuses to) see (Sept 29th 8pm)

October Workshops – Bookings open September 28th

  • The plot thread audit – Identify which story threads are pulling their weight, which are redundant and which deserve more attention (Oct 6th 8pm)
  • The unsaid thing – Explore the moments when characters avoid, evade and circle around what they actually mean (Oct 20th 8pm)

November Workshops – Bookings open October 30th

  • Meanwhile, somewhere else (Advanced time-zone writing) Take your time-zone skills further and learn how to make complex chronology feel effortless (Nov 10th 8pm)
  • The three-way relationship – Create compelling dynamics where adding a third person radically changes two existing characters (Nov 24th 8pm)

December Workshops – Bookings open November 27th

  • The art of compression – Tell a bigger story in fewer words without making it feel rushed, thin or incomplete (Dec 1st 8pm)
  • Callback clinic – Bring back a seemingly minor detail in a way that makes the reader suddenly see it differently (Dec 15th 8pm)

To book your place please email me at sarabodinar@gmail.com