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WONDERING HOW TO START, OR WRITING ALREADY? JOIN THE NEW WRITING COURSE WITH SHORT STORY AUTHOR AND WRITING TUTOR, REBECCA LLOYD LEARN THE ESSENTIAL TECHNIQUES OF FICTION WRITING MEET OTHER PEOPLE WHO WRITE LEARN ABOUT THE PUBLISHING WORLD The course fee of �160 includes extra tuition to catch up on any missed classes. The areas of fiction writing we will cover in the programme are listed below. The sessions will include reading out and critiquing the group's stories, questions and discussions, fiction writing exercises, a critiquing exercise on a story I will provide, looking at some short story magazines, filling in a writer's diary for 3 of the weeks, and some articles of interest on fiction writing. 1. COMMON PITFALLS FOR NEW WRITERS. Exposition - use of adjectives - using characters names, - awkward words, clich�, jokes - use of parenthesis - expletives - detail anxiety - changing POV number of characters. 2. EDITING A system for approaching editing in fiction writing. 3. DIALOGUE Uses of dialogue point of view. 4. CHARACTERISATION Building and developing characters - psychology and dialogue - description reader empathy. 5. THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN NOVEL AND SHORT STORY WRITING What novel writing allows - what defines a short story - common problems with short stories. 6. SHAPE AND STRUCTURE Literary versus non-literary stories - use of flashback - metaphor and symbolism - juxtaposing scenes - theme. 7. SHAPE AND STRUCTURE CONTINUED Balancing setting, character and plot to create the shape of the story. 8. STYLE Wordiness exposition - active and passive verbs - writer's voice - unfinished sentences - stream of consciousness - obscure phrases the sounds that words make. 9. GETTING STORIES PUBLISHED. Dealing with rejection - publishers terms timing format - response time - placing work, ezines, magazines, anthologies. 10. WRITING TIPS, SUMMING UP. Avoiding clumsy tags in dialogue - changing point of view - first paragraphs and titles, finding material, reading, rejections, submissions - starting new stories - throwing work away - different uses of dialogue in story writing. The fee for this 10 week course is �160 and to be made payable to the gallery before the course begins. There is a concessionary rate of �100, but should you wish to apply for this you will be expected to show proof of this. [ back to exhibitions ] |