"What author would be without the advantage of being able to walk invisible? One is thereby enabled to keep such a quiet mind." Charlotte Bronte

'Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.' Oscar Wilde

What might you write if you weren't afraid of others reading it?

Over time, many writers have used pseudonyms to open doors or conceal their identities. This is harder to do in an age when writers are expected to have visibility and a profile – but not impossible, as writers like Elena Ferrante have shown.

In this playful but meaningful writing session, we will experiment with thinking about what we might write if we were writing under a pseudonym. How might we write and think differently? Might we experiment more with form and content? Might we write from perspectives we feel…