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Workshops & Courses

On the Write Track/Ticket to Write

This is an eight session online course during which participants create a complete narrative (fiction or non-fiction) that centres on a journey of some kind. It was developed for a group of writers in the UK, and seems to be going very well, so I think I’ll offer it again. Please use the enquiry form to register interest or ask for further information.

Ticket to Write

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Writing Workshop with Kathy Page on Salt Spring Island, 8th & 9th October 2011

Storylines: a Workshop with Kathy Page How does an idea become a fully-fledged short story, novel or non-fiction narrative? We’ll experiment with new ways to find and develop story ideas, and then begin to create the story itself. This workshop is an opportunity to start fresh work, to develop something you have had in mind [...]

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Writing Workshops with Kathy Page

Go direct to Mentoring & Manuscript Consultancy “Kathy is an interested and generous teacher. She can see people’s individual strengths and she can step you around obstacles in the creative process in a very skilled way. You leave one of her courses with a lot of confidence and a sense of direction in your own [...]

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Workout for the Novel (Online Writing Workshop)

For those contemplating, or already embroiled in, a novel, Workout for the Novel offers a series of exercises to help you think through and develop your idea, as well as an invaluable forum for feedback and discussion. Each week we focus on a particular aspect of the novel you are developing: your main characters, the [...]

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Resources for Writers

Books on Writing The Art of Fiction, John Gardner: “Whatever the genre may be, fiction does its work by creating a dream in the reader’s mind.” Steering the Craft, Ursula K Le Guinn: pithy observations, examples and great exercises. “The sound of language is where it all begins and what it all comes back to.” [...]

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