Fees: Members: £85
Non-Members: £105
Concessions: £20 (call the office 020 8340 3343)
Dates: 27 February - 3 April
An opportunity to explore, develop & craft your own creative writing practice. Relevant for fiction & nonfiction writing, & whether or not a writer is looking for publication or just to enjoy their own writing more.
Week 1 - Getting started / Creating good writing habits
Week 2 - Developing your writer's voice
Week 3 - Narrative structure / Point of view: who tells the story?
Week 4 - Structure and plot / research
Week 5 - Characterisation and dialogue
Week 6 - What's next? Agents and publishers / Dealing with writer's block
Harriet Griffey has an MA in Modern & Contemporary Literature, is an ex-publisher, published author & facilitator at www.writersretreats.orgShe is a past commissioning editor at George Allen & Unwin, past editorial director at Macdonald Publishers, a tutor at the Creative Writing Consultancy, & author of over 20 books, published by Penguin, Bloomsbury, Pan Macmillan & Hardie Grant publishers. Her latest book, Write Now: Exercises, Prompts & Inspiration to Spark Your Creative Writing, was published by Hardie Grant, October 2024.