To kick off BPA’s first online writing weekend, novelist and tutor Emma Darwin shared her insights on staying motivated, silencing inner critics and listening to inner editors. She started by acknowledging that we all want more writing time but it’s not a straight relationship between writing time and words on the page. Many of her…
Discovering the Arc During my creative writing degree, we were taught about Nigel Watts‘s 8-point story arc. As a writer of literary fiction, I was hesitant to consider a formal structure when planning my own novel. I didn’t want it to be formulaic or obvious. But when my tutor told every student to think of…
Motivation and InspirationGuest tutor: Author and writing coach Emma DarwinDate: Thursday September 24Time: 2.30 – 4.30 pmLocation: ZoomCost: £38BOOK NOW Get Writing and Keep Writing Everyone knows about the terror of the blank page, but what about the terror of page 247? Or the terror of your second novel, while your first is out on…
Point of View and Voice with author and tutor Alice JollyPoint of View seems to get writers in more of a tangle than any other technical issue. Alice Jolly explains how to get it right.Date: Friday September 25Time: 2.30 – 4.30pmLocation: ZoomCost: £38BOOK NOW Do you know when you have changed view point? Why have…
Q & A with leading literary agent Nelle AndrewDos and Don’ts of submitting to agents. Cover letters, synopses and how to make a stand out submission.Date: Saturday September 26Time: 2.30 – 4.00pmLocation: ZoomCost: £30BOOK NOW Leading literary agent Nelle Andrew discusses the dos and don’ts of submitting to agents, how you can make your submission…
Q & A with author Kelleigh Greenberg-JephcottWhether describing everyday events, love and loss, complex plots or mystery drama, when used effectively, the writer’s palette paints a vivid and vibrant picture in the mind of the reader evoking emotion and engaging the reader in a new experience.Date: Sunday September 27Time: 2.30 – 4.00pmLocation: ZoomCost: £30BOOK NOW…
The Power of Psychic DistanceGuest tutor: Author and writing coach Emma DarwinDate: Thursday October 29Time: 11 am – 1pmLocation: ZoomCost: £38BOOK NOW Psychic Distance: the fiction writer’s secret sauce Over the years Emma has found that learning to work with psychic distance – often called narrative distance or emotional distance – is the game-changer for…
A Literary Marriage – Agent and Author Q & AAgent Jane Finigan and best selling author Claire FullerDate: Saturday November 7Time: 2.30 – 4.00 pmLocation: ZoomCost: £30BOOK NOW Find your dream agent and establish your writing career Jane Finigan from leading literary agency Lutyens & Rubinstein and best selling author Claire Fuller (Bitter Orange, Swimming…
Plot & StructureGuest tutor: Author and writing coach Emma DarwinDate: Saturday November 28Time: 11 am – 1pmLocation: ZoomCost: £38BOOK NOW 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 sorted out; some writers can’t think…
I was delighted to attend Emma Darwin’s BPA workshop on ‘Editing your Novel’. Emma’s memoir This is not a book about Charles Darwin, an account of her struggle to write a historical novel based on her family, was described by the Daily Mail as ‘a masterclass’, which certainly made me curious to hear what she…