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Technical skills are important when it comes to making the most of your ideas. It doesn't take years to learn the fundamentals – in just one weekend, this course introduces you to the concepts that underpin the best fiction writing, teaching you the nuts and bolts of how to shape language to create meaningful characters and stories. This engaging weekend features ideas and techniques that will give your novel greater depth and impact, and make writing a more personally fulfilling process.
At this two-day course, award-winning novelist Ross Raisin reveals the processes that underpin the most important elements of a novel, with an emphasis on improving plot, characterisation and dialogue. You'll learn simple methods to add extra layers of meaning to your work, and explore ways to use them that will enhance the style and themes of your writing. This lively course uses extracts and exercises to bring the concepts to life, and gives you the opportunity to create something fresh with your new skills.
This course is for you if...
- You're an inexperienced writer who wants a better understanding of the key principles of fiction writing
- You're part-way through a novel and feel your writing would be improved by stronger technical skills
Course description
This intensive weekend course mixes talks, discussions and practical exercises to engage new fiction writers with the essential elements of the craft. Topics covered on the course include:
- Plot, characterisation and dialogue
- Technique
- The writing process
- Form and style
- How to find a voice
- How to develop new ideas
- Q&A with Ross Raisin
Tutor profile
Ross Raisin is a prize-winning author. His debut novel, God's Own Country, won the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year award in 2009, the Guilford First Novel prize, and was shortlisted for six others, including the Guardian First Book award and the IMPAC Dublin literary award.
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Details
Dates: Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 February 2015
Times: 10am-4pm. Check-in begins 30 minutes before the start time.
Location: The Guardian, Kings Place, 90 York Way, London N1 9GU
Price: £449 (includes VAT, booking fee, lunch and refreshments)
Event capacity: 16
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Returns policy
Tickets may be refunded if you contact us at least 14 days before the course start date. Please see our terms and conditions for more information on our refund policy.
