HOW TO WRITE A SCRIPT AND GET IT PRODUCED

October 26-30th 2026: Face-to-face writing course, Haworth Village, cost £495 (does not include accommodation)

This is a week-long writing course in the heart of Brontë Country. Be inspired by the same landscape that inspired all the Brontës to write their work. The course runs from Monday 26th October to Friday 30th. It is a course designed for all levels: those new to writing, and only just starting to think about putting together a script, and those who have finished writing a complete draft and are wanting help to develop it ready for production. You will be taught by two award-winning and successful writers: Michael Stewart and Cathianne Hall.

The course is for anyone who has written, is writing, or wants to write a script for theatre, radio, television or film. The course covers: industry format, characterisation, scene construction, story structure, plotting, drafting, re-drafting, editing and polishing; writing a synopsis and a proposal; approaching agents and producers.

It includes evening events and a final showcase of work.

This is a course for any level. Experience the same landscape that inspired the Brontë sisters to write Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall. Our tutors have over thirty years combined experience of teaching Creative Writing. 

Accommodation

Haworth hosts 344 B&Bs starting from as little as £20 a night. There is something for everyone, from budget accommodation, self-catering, or the fully pampered experience in a luxury hotel with all meals provided. There are lots of options but do please book well in advance to get the best deals. We also have a limited amount of accommodation at a special discounted rate for participants. In order to take full advantage of this, please book early as places fill quickly.

Email brontewritingcentre@outlook.com for more information.

YOUR TUTORS

Michael Stewart 

Michael Stewart is the author of four novels: King Crow (Bluemoose Books, winner of The Guardian’s Not-the-Booker Award, selected as a recommended read for World Book Night); Café Assassin (Bluemoose Books); Ill Will: The Untold Story of Heathcliff (HarperCollins, optioned by Kudos Films); Black Wood Women (HarperCollins, to be published in hardback in November 2024); two short story collections: Mr Jolly (Valley Press) and Four Letter Words (Wrecking Ball Press); two poetry collections: Couples (Valley Press) and The Dogs (Smokestack); and a hybrid memoir: Walking the Invisible: Following in the Brontës’ Footsteps (HarperCollins)

He is also the creator of the Brontë Stones project, four monumental stones situated in the landscape between the birthplace and the parsonage, inscribed with poems by Kate Bush, Carol Ann Duffy, Jeannette Winterson and Jackie Kay. 

He has written for TV, radio and stage, and is the winner of the BBC Alfred Bradley Bursary Award, and the BBC Short Range film competition. His BBC Radio 4 drama Excluded was shortlisted for the Imison Award. He was head of Creative Writing at the University of Huddersfield, and the director of the Yorkshire Film and Television School. He is now the director of The Brontë Writing Centre.

Find out more about him here: http://www.michael-stewart.org.uk

“Modern fiction at its innovative best.” Melvin Burgess

“Beautifully ammoniacal and intense.” Will Self

“One of the best novels I have read in years.” David Peace

“Dark, funny and twisted.” A.L. Kennedy

“Bleak but wonderful.” Alan Bennett

“As good as British fiction gets.” Loud and Quiet Magazine

Cathianne Hall

Cathianne is a script/story editor and storyteller with twenty years of experience across film, theatre and TV. Her TV work includes twelve years creating story on the UK’s highest rating Soap Operas (Coronation Street, Emmerdale, Hollyoaks). She was a core member of the BBC Children’s in-house drama development team and was across innovative shows including the return of The Demon Headmaster and The Beaker Girls which concluded over twenty years of UK TV classic Tracy Beaker. She has recently been a story consultant on BBC Ignite and has worked alongside Northern based Indies such as the late Kay Mellor’s Rollem Productions. 

Cathianne specialises in working with new writers and has mentored for BBC Writers and Screen Yorkshire’s Flex, Beyond Brontes and the Mayor’s Diversity Scheme. She assesses for the BFI and leads script/story editor training for BBC Academy.

Cathianne is Lecturer in Screenwriting at The Northern Film School at Leeds Beckett University teaching BA and MA. She has also taught at the University of Huddersfield, Salford University, Leeds University and Kadir Has Istanbul. She is currently undertaking a PhD exploring how women found innovative ways to communicate in the nineteenth century using performance storytelling, binaural sound and parapsychology.

In theatre Cathianne’s self-performed one-woman shows include ‘The Girl in the Grate’, ‘The Famous 45’ and ‘Modern Girl 1895’. She also has a track record in community theatre/film/arts including ‘Heckmondfright’ for Creative Scene, ‘Space Circus’ for Chol Theatre, ’Yan Tan Tedera’ for Eden Arts and ‘The Ballad of Lucky B’Stard’ for Bestival.

Press:

“Cathianne Hall is a magician with words and images” The Scotsman

“Pitch Perfect; spoken word of great subtlety and charm” Camden Voyeur

“A striking celebration on women’s capacity for unshakable strength, open vulnerability and resilient optimism” The Stage

Audience online feedback:

“This woman has the superpower of making you imagine every single word she is saying. You become part of the story”

“Beautiful, vibrant & compelling storytelling”

“A fascinating creative telling – so personal to me”