Structure with Emma Darwin – RECORDING

Structure with Emma Darwin – RECORDING

Structure (Recorded) Worrying about plot, structure and storytelling isn’t only for writers who’ve been told they have a saggy middle. Some writers can’t get writing at all until they’ve got everything worked out; some writers can’t think about structure till they...
Self Publishing for Beginners – RECORDING

Self Publishing for Beginners – RECORDING

Self Publishing for Beginners (Recorded) In a saturated market, where rejection and even ghosting from agents and publishers are an occupational hazard for authors, self-publishing can be a way to take ownership of your writing life. Whether you want to make a...
Character with Emma Darwin – February 20

Character with Emma Darwin – February 20

Character  Thursday, February 20, 20256:00 – 8:00 pm GMT  Everyone says that character is the foundation of storytelling, but what does that mean? How do you develop convincing, lifelike characters while still using them to power your plot? And what if your...
Voice & Prose with Emma Darwin – March 27

Voice & Prose with Emma Darwin – March 27

Voice & Prose  Thursday, March 27, 20256:00 – 8:00 pm GMT Voice is the element which all agents and editors say they are looking for in a manuscript – but that’s by no means the only reason to work hard on the word-by-word text and textures of your novel: in the end,...
Q & A with agents – April 1

Q & A with agents – April 1

Agent Q & A  Tuesday April 1, 2025 6:00 – 7:30 pm BST Get the inside track on submitting to agents. Our agent judges for the First Novel Award answer your questions live. Hellie and Suzy will outline what they are looking for as well as giving you lots of tips and...