I run A Short Fiction Writing Evening class and short Travel Writing Courses

Short Fiction Writing Evening Class

My next short fiction writing evening class will start on Tuesday June 23rd. The evening class will take place both online and in-person. It will run between 7pm and 9pm in an elegant townhouse in Highbury, central London. There will be a strong emphasis on practical advice. The evening clases content and timetable are set out below. The fiction writing evening class costs £155 in-person or £125 online.

Novel Writing Workshop Outline

The Scope of the Workshop

This is a short introductory course to novel writing. It is suitable both for beginners and those with previous writing experience. The course will help you directly with planning and executing the project of researching and writing a novel. It can also help you decide whether to take a longer fiction writing course, whether a university MA or diploma, or one of the private sector courses run by publishers and agents. The day will include a number of straightforward writing exercises, and there will be plenty of time for questions and answers.

The course fee includes unlimited post-course support for answering further queries about fiction writing, as well as for feedback on novel outlines.

TIMETABLE FOR Fiction WRITING Evening

First Evening: Getting Started

- how to get started with fiction writing

- beginning to write

- initial approaches to choosing subject matter

- keeping a journal

- introduction to character

Second Evening: Short Stories

- what is a short story: examples

- more on character

- drafting and redrafting

Third Evening: Novels

- logistics and management of a novel writing project

- researching your novel

- tackling the first draft and your outline

- further drafts

- plot and dialogue

Final Evening

- writing the outline and bio for your novel

- next steps

- how to get an agent

-how to get a publisher

- self-publishing

- marketing and promotion

- sources of further help

Short Travel Writing Courses

I am also a travel writer and I run short travel writing courses.