Are you looking to start writing your novel and need help getting words down on the page? Perhaps you are half way through your story and are finding it difficult to get to the end. Could you use some useful hints and tips to maintain a regular writing practice?
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Tag: Fiction
30
Jan2019
30
Jan2019
Dialogue is a vital part of the fiction writer’s toolkit. Used skilfully, it can move the plot forward, convey back-story and contribute to characterisation. Unfortunately, if you don’t get it right, it can just slow things down and feel irrelevant.
Similarly with settings, too much description can make readers feel impatient, ... Read More
30
Jan2019
Writing a novel can be a bewilderingly big undertaking and you can easily start to lose your way. But if you wander, you will lose your readers too.
In this weekend of workshops, we’ll be looking at how to create strong plots and sub-plots and avoid the dreaded ‘saggy middle’, so ... Read More
31
Jan2019
Harriet Tyce practised as a criminal law barrister in London before turning her hand to writing and her debut novel ‘Blood Orange‘ is already tipped to be one of the darkest thrillers 2019 has to offer. Join Elane and Sarah from I AM in print in this free live webinar ... Read More
22
Mar2019
Join us in this free live webinar with author and editor Kesia Lupo. Her debut YA fantasy fiction novel We Are Blood and Thunder will be storming into the book charts in April 2019, published by Bloomsbury. Having studied History in Oxford and with an MA in Creative Writing Kesia ... Read More
22
Mar2019
Would you like to ask David Litchfield a question about writing and illustrating a picture book? In that case join our free live webinar. David is a multi-award winning illustrator and author. As well as his own books, Grandad’s Secret Giant, The Bear and The Piano, and The Bear, The ... Read More
11
Apr2019
Wow! An hour is not going to be long enough with writer, critic, journalist and TV/radio presenter Emma Woolf! Where do we even begin? Author of multiple bestselling non-fiction books including An Apple A Day, The Ministry of Thin and her recent book Wellbeing, she has proved her novel writing ... Read More
08
May2019
Not only has James penned an amazing trilogy about the trials and tribulations of an apprentice witch but Arianwyn’s adventures are now being adapted for the TV! How did James wave a magic wand over his writing to achieve this? Join us in this free live webinar to discover how ... Read More
08
May2019
Mark Stay and Mark Desvaux set themselves a challenge. Was it possible to write a bestseller in a year? The answer was a big fat YES! The result, their co-authored book ‘Back to Reality’. Their new challenge is to sell 10,000 copies before the end of June. Can they do ... Read More
05
Jun2019
What hasn’t Tom McLaughlin done? He has worked as a political cartoonist for The Western Morning News, has been a animation designer for a number of TV shows, has illustrated other people’s books and yes AND has written and illustrated for Bloomsbury, Puffin, Scholastic, OUP and Walker. His books have ... Read More
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