Workshops & Courses
I’ve been mentoring and teaching Creative Writing for 15 years, which is incredibly rewarding.
I have helped my students and clients take their ideas from that ‘lightbulb’ moment, to a completed manuscript. Some have gone on to complete MA’s, gain representation and get published. If you’d like to know my story and theirs, take a look here.
There are lots of ways I can help, or you can get involved.
I offer an interactive 6 week novel writing course designed to help you on your novel writing journey. You will learn how to generate and expand on your ideas; create atmospheric settings, memorable characters, authentic dialogue, and the all important edit and synopsis.
Or, if you want to pick and choose, according to what, or where, you need help, you can buy the sessions individually.
If you would prefer face-to-face, then I run a monthly, in person, Creative Writing Workshop at the Tacchi-Morris Arts Centre in Taunton.
I also run one off writing workshops throughout the year, see my events page for more details.
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Full Six Week Course at discounted rate
An interactive 6 week workshop designed to give you the skills and knowledge to help you on your novel writing journey.
With tailored writing exercises and feedback from me, the workshop will help you learn how to; generate ideas, create atmospheric settings, memorable characters, authentic dialogue and the all-important edit and synopsis.
As part of a 6 week novel writing workshop, this session deals with generating ideas and developing them.
Having the lightbulb moment is one thing, but what’s next?
As part of a 6 week novel writing workshop, this session deals with your novel’s setting & location. The exercises will help you create engaging and sensory descriptions, giving your novel a sense of place.
As part of a 6 week novel writing workshop, this session deals with your characters. The exercises will help you create authentic, memorable and engaging characters.
As part of a 6 week novel writing workshop, this session deals with dialogue. Every novel needs it, but dialogue can be one of the hardest skills to master. The exercises in this session will hone your skills and help you with the basics of layout, through to creating an authentic voice.
As part of a 6 week novel writing workshop, this session deals with editing. This might sound like it’s doing me out of a job, but every writer needs to be able to self-edit.
This session will take you through the essentials, as well as giving you the tricks and tips to avoid the mistakes we all make.
As part of a 6 week novel writing workshop, this session deals with your novel summary and preparing a synopsis.
It should be easy, but it never is, even for experienced writers.
The exercises in this session will give you the format and skills you need to condense your novel into a compelling, submission-worthy synopsis.