Our 60-minute writing workouts are the perfect opportunity to hone your writing skills and establish a regular writing practice. We’ll be joined by special guest tutors excited to share their knowledge with you through a series of practical creative writing exercises. Expect to be challenged, surprised and maybe even pushed out of your writing comfort zone.
Your writing coach this month is the award-winning author Tim Lott who will be leading four writing workouts based around his new book ‘Yes! No! But Wait…! The One Thing You Need to Know About Writing a Novel’. Each masterclass will be devoted to character and plot, (which Tim is adamant are really One Thing). Each session will feature hints, prompts and writing exercises to help you develop a convincing plot and invent realistic and compelling characters.
Enrol on one masterclass or book the series with a 20% discount - and if the times don’t suit, masterclass recordings will be available for two weeks so you can catch-up or revisit the exercises at your own pace.
This course is for …
Writers and aspiring writers. No experience required
Course content
Each masterclass will feature a series of writing exercises and prompts based around plot and character development
Tim’ new book ‘Yes! No! But Wait…! The One Thing You Need to Know About Writing a Novel’ will be published on 1 June and is available to pre-order in hardback from the Guardian Bookshop. If you are in the UK, you can purchase a book and ticket for the special discounted price of £47.04 (per masterclass) or £124.04 (series ticket) including P&P.
Tutor profile
Tim Lott is the author of ten novels and Penguin Modern Classic memoir The Scent of Dried Roses. He is one of the most sought-after writing teachers in the country, particularly through his personal mentoring services. His writing has been highly praised by Hilary Mantel, Alan Bennett, Sebastian Faulks, Tony Parsons and Sarah Waters, among others. His students are equally enthusiastic – read their testimonials.
Tim’s help got me to a point where I was ready to write my next draft. That next draft got me an agent.”
Ben McPherson, A Line of Blood
No one else could have taught me what Tim did. Without him I can safely say I would still be flailing around in piles of rejection slips.”
Rebecca Thornton, The Exclusives
Details
Date: Monday 5 June, Monday 12 June, Monday 19 June and Monday 26 June
Time: 6pm-7pm (BST)
Price: £35 per masterclass (plus £2.20 booking fee); £112 for the four-part series (plus £5.71 booking fee); £47.04 (per masterclass) (plus £2.75 booking fee) or £124.04 (plus £6.25 booking fee) with a pre-order of ‘Yes! No! But Wait…! The One Thing You Need to Know About Writing a Novel’
A catch up recording will be shared after the class and will be available for two weeks.
This masterclass is available globally. See this time zone converter to check your local live streaming time.
6pm BST | 7pm CEST | 10am PDT | 1pm EDT
You will be sent a link to the webinar 24 hours and 30 minutes before the course start time. Please email masterclasses@theguardian.com if you do not receive the access link 24 hours before the scheduled start time.
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