Short Story Writing for Novelists - Recording
Susannah Rickards
WriterHer collected works, Hot Kitchen Snow (Salt) won the international Scott Prize for best short fiction debut.
Emma Haynes
Head of Events & CompetitionsEmma is responsible for BPA’s bespoke programme of literary events and retreats as well as managing the First Novel Award and submissions
At some point during the marathon of writing a novel, you will probably long for the glitter of a new project. Or wish you could inject your prose with fresh energy; differentiate your characters with greater vitality, invent an ingenious way of presenting your story that will make it stand out. And you will almost certainly wish you had a network of agents and editors to shortcut your script to the top of their submissions pile.
Here’s where the short story can help. It’s swift, immediate, intense and often experimental – qualities that can invigorate a novel, mid-draft. We will explore how borrowing short story techniques and applying to long fiction can give your WIP a new lease of life. We’ll also take a look at what makes a story stand out in an award or magazine submission, and how this might help when your novel is out on submission.
This is a recording of a live event. A handout will be sent out alongside the recording.
Assistance to writers on low incomes and/or from communities under represented in publishing
We are offering a free place on each of our online tutorials and Q & A sessions for UK based writers on low incomes and/or from under represented communities in publishing. Writers may apply for a free place on one of the sessions by contacting BPA with a short bio and a summary of their writing career to date. Please click here to Contact BPA with your application and in the case of writers on low incomes, proof of financial eligibility such as: Jobseeker’s Allowance; Disability Benefit; Income Support; Working Tax Credit; Child Tax Credit; Proof of being a full-time student; Housing benefit; Proof of being a full-time carer. All details will be kept confidential. Decisions on who receives the free places rest with the BPA team not the tutors.
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