This online workshop is part of our new, exciting range of digital masterclasses that we are offering. In this live online workshop, you will have the opportunity to engage in real time with our brilliant course tutors, as well as other participants – with additional pre and post-course support from our learning team. To celebrate the launch, we are offering a very limited supply of introductory early bird tickets for each event, discounted up to 40% – once they’re gone, they’re gone!
If you’ve been squirrelling away unique characters and juicy plot twists on scraps of paper, you might be wondering how you can turn those scraps into a suspenseful, riveting and addictive thriller.
In this interactive online workshop with award-winning writer Sophie Hannah, you will learn how to turn your brilliant ideas into a plot plan, how to approach your characters, as well as how to stay motivated during the more gruelling moments.
Whether you are in the beginning stages of writing your thriller novel, or you haven’t quite started - or even if you are looking to write in a different genre and want to pick up some invaluable tips about plotting and character development - this is an unmissable opportunity for fledgling writers to learn from a master of the craft.
Course content
How to think about your novel - before and during the writing process
Planning and plotting using the ‘Gnocchi Method’
The difference between editing and ‘literary diagnostics’ - and why is more powerful and the other
The plot-first approach to character
Bum on seat! How to start - and carry on - writing your book
Thinking about your book’s life after completion: agents, editors and self-publishing
How to overcome ‘success resistance’ and get the best possible results for your book
You will be sent a link to the online workshop 1hr before the start time of 6.30pm (BST).
Tutor profile
Sophie Hannah is a bestselling crime writer whose books are published in 51 countries and have sold millions of copies worldwide. She is the author of the new series of Hercule Poirot continuation novels, commissioned by Agatha Christie’s family – the latest of which, The Killings at Kingfisher Hill, is published on 20 August 2020. Sophie is also a poet who has been shortlisted for the TS Eliot Award, a self-help writer and creator and host of the podcast How To Hold A Grudge. She is Course Director of the University of Cambridge’s new master’s degree in Crime and Thriller Writing, and the founder of the Dream Author coaching programme for writers. She lives with her husband, children and dog in Cambridge, where she is an Honorary Fellow of Lucy Cavendish College.
You will be sent a link to the online workshop 1hr before the start time of 6.30pm (BST).
Details
Date: Monday 31 August 2020
Times: 6.30pm-9pm (BST)
Price: Early bird price of £36 (plus £2.24 booking fee); standard ticket priced at £45 (plus 2.65 booking fee)
Event capacity: 60
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