Alongside its own creative work, AitchCo supports writers and makers through focused development spaces rooted in active creative practice.
These offers grow directly out of the team’s work as a storytellers working across multiple forms, and are designed for artists actively developing narrative work for performance, publication or screen.
Story & Narrative Development
One-to-one and project-based development support for writers working across forms, including:
- Narrative projects in development for stage, screen or publication
- Short fiction, long-form fiction and novels
- Screenplays, series and episodic work
- Audio drama and narrative audio
Support may include:
- Structural and narrative analysis
- Character, action and story drive
- Scene-, sequence- or chapter-level development
- Clarifying voice, perspective and point of view
- Preparing work for submission, editorial review, development or production
This work is time-limited, focused and tailored to the project, regardless of final form.
Story Development Labs
Curated development spaces for small groups of writers working seriously on a narrative project.
Labs are:
- Limited-duration (typically 4–6 weeks)
- Small cohorts (usually 6–8 writers)
- Rigorous, supportive and process-led
Labs support work at:
- Early concept stage
- Structural or draft stage
- Transition points between forms
Writers arrive with a serious idea or draft and leave with:
- Greater clarity
- Stronger structure
- Renewed momentum
Labs are development rooms, not courses, and mirror professional development processes used across creative industries.
Development Rooms & Work-in-Progress Support
AitchCo also facilitates development rooms and work-in-progress processes for collectives, companies and individual writers.
This may include:
- Structured development sessions
- Facilitated peer feedback
- Test readings, sharings or workshops (where useful)
- Supporting projects as they move toward their next stage
Approaches are adapted to suit the form and needs of the work.
Creative Development Rooms & Scratch Support
Aitch & Co also facilitates development rooms and scratch processes for collectives, companies and early-stage projects.
This may include:
- Facilitating rehearsal-room development
- Structuring sharings and feedback
- Supporting early public presentations of work
Who This Is For
These offers are best suited to:
- Writers working on novels, short fiction or long-form narrative
- Screenwriters developing films, series or episodic work
- Theatre makers and writers developing performance-led projects
- Writers transitioning between forms
- Artists preparing work for submission, development, publication or production