Workshop on Story, Structure and Character Arcs

Workshop on Story, Structure and Character Arcs

Monday, October 1, 2018

At this year’s Winchester Writer’s Festival we ran a one day workshop to a group of 25 writers on the tricky subject of Structure! It’s a character’s desires, fears and actions that shape story. We looked at how the protagonist’s character arc can...
Advice to writers from 2018 First Novel Award judge Fiona Mitchell

Advice to writers from 2018 First Novel Award judge Fiona Mitchell

Thursday, February 22, 2018

We asked author Fiona Mitchell, author of The Maids Room to give some tips to writers entering the 2018 competition: What will you be looking for in the competition line up? I’d love to see a brilliant character-led novel with a dynamic, original voice. I adore...
First Novel Award 2018

First Novel Award 2018

Monday, February 19, 2018

The Award is open to unrepresented and unpublished authors for a novel in any adult fiction genre Following on from the success of our inaugural First Novel Award in 2017, we are asking for submissions for the 2018 Award. Winner: £1,000 + introduction to literary...
Marcel Theroux’s Six Guiding Principles for Storytelling

Marcel Theroux’s Six Guiding Principles for Storytelling

Thursday, November 30, 2017

Marcel Theroux’ creative writing workshop held on November 15 in the stunning ballroom at Asthall Manor was greatly enjoyed by our writers. Here’s what he had to say about storytelling:   Story is all around us, all the time   Characters are...