Finding your voice: Polemical writing with Gary Younge

Award-winning journalist, writer and former Guardian editor Gary Younge launches the Take Flight Hub with the masterclass Finding your voice: Polemical writing with Gary Younge.

He says: ‘They say you should dance like no one’s watching.  I think you should write in a similar frame of mind, giving full rein to your unique blend of references and values.’

In this masterclass, you will be working on how to develop your voice, tell a story, structure a piece of writing and put forward a compelling argument. Specifically, Gary will teach you how to:

• Convey your values and beliefs within your writing
• Raise important issues in your work
• Develop a strong and distinctive voice
• Get past the blank screen or blank page
• Interview techniques
• Know/Anticipate your audience.
• One column, one argument: the importance of clarity and focus in column-writing
• Grab readers’ attention and make your writing accessible to as many people as possible
• The mechanics of writing a column and structuring a piece
• Anticipate counter-arguments – and address them in your writing
• Plus Q&A