HIDDEN NERVE
with Irma Gold
10-1pm Saturday, 30 August
Editing Essentials
“Don’t all writers have a hidden nerve, call it a secret chamber, something irreducibly theirs, which stirs their prose and makes it tick and turn this way or that, and identifies them, like a signature, though it lurks far deeper than their style, or their voice or other tell-tale antics?”
— André Aciman
Hidden Nerve in 2025 will consists of a trio of thematic series.
For each Season participants will meet across 3 consecutive Saturday mornings for 3-hour workshops.
Each workshop is inspired by the theme of the series, and led by a different writer.
Season 2 - Winter Program
The second season of Hidden Nerve is themed around sharpening. This winter, we turn our focus to the foundational tools of fiction writing: structure, plot, and character.
Join us as we explore:
How do you shape a compelling character?
What makes a plot truly work?
How can structural editing sharpen your story’s impact?
What choices bring clarity, tension, and momentum to the page?