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FRIDAY
/ SUNDAY PROGRAMME
These courses run on Friday 25 June between 19.30 - 22:30 and
continue on Sunday 27 June between 10.00 - 12.30
BOOKING INFORMATION: Join
one of these courses to gain specific advice and revision for
your novels, short stories, poems, features, book-length non-fiction
and self-publishing.
PRE-CONFERENCE WORK: Pre-conference
submissions of work are not necessary in order to attend the workshops
unless specified. Please bring sufficient writing supplies. If
pre-conference work is specified, it should be submitted no later
than 5 June to: Friday / Sunday Courses, c/o Barbara Large, Conference
Director, The Winchester Writers' Conference, Research and Knowledge
Exchange Centre, University of Winchester, Winchester, Hampshire,
SO22 4NR. Only submissions from abroad accepted by email.
NOTES: Workshops will be held in the St
Edburga, Main Building, Tom Atkinson, Exam Hall, University Centre
Boardroom & Arts Centre 5
COURSE
FEE: £120
Includes
Friday dinner, Sunday lunch, tea, coffee & biscuits.
Coffee and biscuits will be available in the Terrace Bar
on Friday evening 20.30.
B&B: (Standard)
£35
B&B: (En-suite)
£40
PLEASE NOTE, the workshops for 2010 have yet to be posted.
The following workshops took place in 2009.
To book your place, download and complete the application form
(Adobe PDF) and send to Barbara Large, Research and Knowledge
Exchange Centre, Univeristy of Winchester, Winchester, SO22 4NR
along with a cheque made payable to University Of Winchester.
Bookings will not be taken without payment.
Download application form here
You will need Acrobat Reader to view and print the application
form. If you do not already have Acrobat Reader you can download
it for free from
here.
ENDINGS
(WS01)
ADRIENNE DINES
A poor ending can ruin a good story, leaving the reader feeling
frustrated and short-changed. This is a workshop for writers who
struggle with ending their stories. We will look at the happy
ever after, the open ended, the all loose
threads neatly tied up endings and find what works best
for you and the story you are writing - or planning to write.
It will be a very interactive workshop so please submit a short
synopsis (up to 300 words) / questions you may want addressed
by 5 June.
FACT AND FICTION IN YOUR HISTORICAL NOVEL
(WS02)
ALISON HABENS
If you were an historical character, who would you be? Someone
youve always admired and empathised with or someone whose
shoes you really wouldnt want to have been in? Come prepared
to introduce this person with some biographical information, background
details and perhaps a visual image too. They will become the hero
or heroine of a short story (or novel) as you set the scene, create
a period atmosphere and plot a dramatic storyline.
WRITING THAT AWARD WINNING CHILDRENS
NOVEL (WS03)
SARAH MUSSI
Ok, so youve written a bit and had a bit of success, but
is that enough? This workshop will blast open the secrets of how
to write that award winning childrens novel, how to breakthrough
and get yourself published, how to grab the imagination of that
uberagent,
that editor and the public.
DE-MYSTIFYING PLOT! TAKING THE PAIN OUT
OF PLOT! (WS04)
SOPHIE KING
All too often, students who excel at creating characters
and settings are let down by plot! Their twists
at the end, leave the reader thinking Is That It?.
And the pace in the middle can sag like an old sofa! This workshop
has tips and exercises for the perfect plot.
GETTING A CHILDRENS BOOK PUBLISHED:
PLACING YOUR WORK (WS05)
JUDE EVANS AND STEPHANIE STANSBIE
On Friday evening Jude and Stephanie will offer tips on submitting
manuscripts to a childrens publisher, including how to assess
your work to see if it is strong enough, how to judge if it might
be suitable for a publishers list, how best to present it
for submission, and how to draft a synopsis. There will be group
discussion of examples, writing exercises and time for questions.
On Sunday morning we will discuss how to channel your ideas. This
workshop will focus on how to generate ideas, how to analyse the
viability of your idea when youve had one, and how to structure
and develop it to create a publishable book.
NON FICTION MARKETING SUCCESS RELIES
ON BLENDED WORDS AND PICTURES (WS06)
JOHN GILBEY
This session will highlight the important relationship between
writer and photographer in the preparation of articles and longer
works. This is particularly interesting when as in my own
case they are both the same person. The development of
matching styles of prose and illustration can make an enormous
difference to the success of a literary project. The session will
provide a step-by-step analysis of developing a blended words
and pictures article. An important aspect of the session
will be to explain in simple terms the seemingly impenetrable
jargon which seems inescapable in this context.
LETS BUILD YOUR CHARACTERS
(WS07)
LESLEY HORTON
The publisher says your characters are not rounded enough. Where
are you going wrong? This will be a hands-on workshop where we
look at your characters from your work-in-progress or from a manuscript
you have put away in a drawer because it isnt going anywhere.
We will examine your characters from all aspects, physical, psychological
and emotional and through exercises and discussion you will learn
how they can influence your plot line as well as develop and grow
in stature. If delegates would like to send the chapters in which
their main characters are introduced, together with a brief synopsis
of the novel, please send to arrive no later than 5 June.
CRIME AND PUNISHMENT (WS08)
PETER GUTTRIDGE
The who, what, why and how of crime fiction from Britains
leading crime fiction critic (The Observer) and author of seven
crime novels.
WHAT MAKES A GOOD STORY INTO A GREAT
FILM? (WS09)
DAVID HANSEN
This two-part workshop will show you how to make a good story
into a screen drama for TV or film, guiding the writer in choosing
what will and wont work, taking the key elements of a story
and building on them, what to add and what to lose, and creating
a new and original drama.
HOW TO GET PUBLISHED (WS10)
JO HERBERT (FRIDAY ONLY)
You may think writing the book is the hard part - but youve
only just started! Jo Herbert, editor of the Writers &
Artists Yearbook, will give writers taking their first steps
towards publication invaluable information and practical advice
on how to get their work published.
HOW INDEPENDENT AUTHORS CONNECT TO
READERS (WS10)
SUE RULE (SUNDAY ONLY)
This workshop offers authors a clear idea of the risks and rewards
of independent publishing. Workshop content The changing face
of publishing.
- Managing to a plan. How much are you prepared to invest?
- Professionalism for amateurs - how to be a better writer.
- Publishing options for the independent author
- Marketing for independent authors
GETTING TO WHERE YOU WANT TO BE
(WS11)
SURESH ARIARATNAM AND STEVE DAVISON
(FRIDAY ONLY)
In this workshop you will clarify your intentions for writing,
whether for profit or pleasure, or somewhere in-between. Learn
how to set empowering outcomes and plan a way forward, that makes
the most of what you have to offer. Participants should send in
a sample chapter, synopsis / proposal, and a covering letter including
any relevant personal history.
GETTING TO WHERE YOU WANT TO BE
(WS11)
In association with

VICTORIA FIELD (SUNDAY ONLY)
Are you heading in the direction you want with your writing? This
Sunday morning workshop will provide you with a structured opportunity
to explore where you want to get to professionally and start planning
your next steps. Youll consider resources that could
help you to move forward and explore strategies for overcoming
possible obstacles. Youll be asked to complete a brief questionnaire
beforehand to help kick start the process.
(16 places only)
THE PAST IS YOUR COUNTRY TOO (WS12)
SALLY SPEDDING
History, our own and others, has never been more popular, and
publishers are forecasting the 1980s to be the next
big thing. This intensive workshop will help you explore
how an era or single event from a period of history of your own
choice, can inspire your
novel or short story. How research can deliver unknown treasure,
and how this chosen past can shape your characters lives.
Beginners welcome. Please send Sally one page on any era or event
that excites you.
WRITING THE BREAK-THROUGH NOVEL - ESPECIALLY
FOR WRITERS LOOKING FOR A BREAK-THROUGH (WS13)
DANIEL CLAY
Putting genres to one side, putting the how-to manuals to one
side, this workshop aims to get you thinking about why you love
writing and to help you to attempt the sort of fiction you would
love to read yourself rather than the sort of fiction that you
think editors and agents want. We will look at several bestselling
contemporary first novels that dont necessarily fit into
a genre, such as The Lovely Bones, The Curious Incident
of the Dog In The Night-time, What Was Lost and The
Time Travellers Wife. Hopefully after this discussion,
delegates will be encouraged to believe they can reach these heights
for themselves. Be prepared to do some writing and feel free to
send the synopsis and first ten pages of your writing by 5th June.
POETRY: CONTROLLING THE PASSION, CREATING
PERFECTION (WS14)
PHIL CARRADICE
The course will focus on how effective poetry needs to originate
from strong emotion if it is to make its point and not descend
into raw sentiment. The writer must control both the words and
the strength of feeling the poem generates. The course will consist
of a mixture of discussion, advice and practical work.
MAKE YOUR NOVEL SHINE ON THE SLUSH PILE
(WS15)
LUCIE WHITEHOUSE
Ensure your book demands an agents consideration. We will
look first at techniques for the final edit, focussing on an attention-grabbing
beginning. On Sunday we will concentrate on synopses and covering
letter. Please bring the opening pages of your novel,
draft synopses and letters.
SCRIPTING AN OUTDOOR PERFORMANCE
In co-operation with Winchester Hat Fair
Friday evening only (WS16)
DAMIAN WRIGHT
Outdoor performance is an exciting and challenging forum for the
scriptwriter, where you can take your work to thousands
of people and where chance and dramatic action collide.
We will explore:
what kind of stories and subjects can work in this
realm,
liberating the writing process to work in conjunction
with visual forms of performance,
creating a dialogue with the audience & taking the
public with you how to give the audience a role
in the story and involve them in the action,
how to create intimate communication, emotional
performance and an empathetic relationship
between actors/characters and audience in largescale
outdoor performance.
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