Wed, Aug 12
|Virtual Event
The Writer's Toolbox with Mike Nicol
A 5-week live writing intensive with novelist Mike Nicol. Weekly classes, personal feedback, and a private Slack group to sharpen your characterisation, dialogue, and narrative craft.
Time & Location
Aug 12, 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM MDT
Virtual Event
About the event
Mike Nicol is an author, journalist, editor and a teacher of creative and non-fiction narrative writing. He has published a number of crime thrillers. His thrillers have all featured on the KrimiZeit Top 10 in Germany and he has been shortlisted for the VN Thriller of the Year award in Holland and the Prix SNCF Du Polar in France. His non-fiction includes memoirs, biographies and reportage. He has also published two volumes of poetry.
Classes Start 5 August
Weekly assignments
with personal feedback from Mike
Weekly 60-min live classes
6:00 PM SAST | 10:00 AM MDT | 9:00 AM PDT | 7:00 PM EAT
every Wednesday
recurring for five weeks
recordings made available
Slack group for continuous engagement
R4000
$249
Schedule
1 hourIntro to 5 week class and characterisation
Virtual Class 1
1 hourDialogue
Virtual Class 2