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The Shape of a Novel: A Masterclass with Jacob Ross
The Writers' Place Jew Street, BrightonAward-winning author, Jacob Ross is widely regarded as one of the UK’s most exceptional creative-writing teachers and we are delighted to welcome him to New Writing South for an exclusive masterclass on novel-writing. Even the most experienced writers can sometimes stumble when approaching longform fiction, especially when it comes to structuring a novel, so the heart of the story powerfully [read more...]
Delving into the Dark Side – What Crime Writers Need to Know About Research, with Sue Walker
The Writers' Place Jew Street, BrightonThis half-day workshop is for emerging writers of crime fiction. You may want to start that crime novel or already be writing one. The session will focus on the benefits that effective research can bring to your writing. Why is research important? What do I need to know? Why do I need to know it? How do I go about [read more...]
Crossing the Finish Line: How to Complete Your Novel, with William Shaw
The Writers' Place Jew Street, BrightonA practical, intensive short course designed to give momentum to those who have already come some way into writing a long fiction project. Alongside advice on structure, story, character, dialogue and location, we’ll explore ways in which we can re-energise and refine your writing process to help you to finally carry the ball over the line. Towards the end of [read more...]
Crossing the Finish Line: How to Complete Your Novel, with William Shaw
The Writers' Place Jew Street, BrightonA practical, intensive short course designed to give momentum to those who have already come some way into writing a long fiction project. Alongside advice on structure, story, character, dialogue and location, we’ll explore ways in which we can re-energise and refine your writing process to help you to finally carry the ball over the line. Towards the end of [read more...]
Crossing the Finish Line: How to Complete Your Novel, with William Shaw
The Writers' Place Jew Street, BrightonA practical, intensive short course designed to give momentum to those who have already come some way into writing a long fiction project. Alongside advice on structure, story, character, dialogue and location, we’ll explore ways in which we can re-energise and refine your writing process to help you to finally carry the ball over the line. Towards the end of [read more...]
Crossing the Finish Line: How to Complete Your Novel, with William Shaw
The Writers' Place Jew Street, BrightonA practical, intensive short course designed to give momentum to those who have already come some way into writing a long fiction project. Alongside advice on structure, story, character, dialogue and location, we’ll explore ways in which we can re-energise and refine your writing process to help you to finally carry the ball over the line. Towards the end of [read more...]
Crossing the Finish Line: How to Complete Your Novel, with William Shaw
The Writers' Place Jew Street, BrightonA practical, intensive short course designed to give momentum to those who have already come some way into writing a long fiction project. Alongside advice on structure, story, character, dialogue and location, we’ll explore ways in which we can re-energise and refine your writing process to help you to finally carry the ball over the line. Towards the end of [read more...]
Creating Great Writing Workshops and Courses with Evlynn Sharp
The Writers' Place Jew Street, BrightonA confidence-building, experiential workshop to empower writers who want to develop and run short courses in creative writing. Explore step-by-step guidelines to build content, structure workshops, avoid pitfalls; key principles like timing and making a safe space where participants share their writing; the need for feedback; the importance of self-assessment. A limited number of bursary places are available for this [read more...]
Crossing the Finish Line: How to Complete Your Novel, with William Shaw
The Writers' Place Jew Street, BrightonA practical, intensive short course designed to give momentum to those who have already come some way into writing a long fiction project. Alongside advice on structure, story, character, dialogue and location, we’ll explore ways in which we can re-energise and refine your writing process to help you to finally carry the ball over the line. Towards the end of [read more...]
Writing Short Fiction, with Catherine Smith
The Writers' Place Jew Street, BrightonDo you enjoy reading short stories …and would you like to write them? In this six-week course, we’ll explore how a short story – ‘The art of the glimpse’ – can begin with a dream, a memory, a single image, a fragment of overheard conversation….and we’ll look at how to structure, plot and edit them so that they’re small but [read more...]

