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Weeklong
Courses run Monday 30 June - Friday 4 July, 09.30-16.30, in Shawford
Hall, Shawford.
BOOKING INFORMATION: We
reserve the right to cancel any workshop by 17 June if there are
insufficient applicants. Each delegate will be sent an outline
of their workshop and details on booking accommodation.
PRE-CONFERENCE WORK: Pre-conference submissions of work
are not necessary in order to attend the workshops unless specified.
Please bring sufficient writing supplies.
COURSE FEE: Non-residential
£300 / Daily rate £70
To book your place, download and complete the application
form (Adobe PDF) and send to Christian Francis, Faculty of Arts,
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.
THE MEDIA:
WRITING FOR WORDS & PICTURES (WL01)
Monday - Wednesday 09:30 - 16:30
JOHN BARLOW
This course will help writers to develop a story idea or an autobiographical
incident into a dramatic script for radio, television or film.
We will work through exercises, giving writers an insight into
the expectations of commissioners for all three media. We will
look at the formats and writing styles appropriate to both aural
communication of radio and the visual language of screenwriting.
The workshop will look at story structure, encourage writers to
develop their original ideas into a treatment and begin the scripting
process. Participants should submit a brief description or extract
from the work that they might wish to develop via Barbara Large
by 6th June to allow for individual feedback and development.
CREATING, WRITING, REVISING & MARKETING
YOUR FICTION (WL02)
WRITING THAT NOVEL
Monday 09:30 - 16:30
ADRIENNE DINES
We will look at the creation of a novel from the very first germ
of an idea. Where do writers get their inspiration and once they've
got it, what do they have to do next? We will look at some of
the 'tools of the trade' - from finding your writing niche to
finding your writing voice; creating credible/sympathetic characters;
plot and structure; narration and point of view. This workshop
is suitable for absolute beginners as well as more experienced
writers.
FAMILY FOES
Tuesday 09:30 - 16:30
SALLY SPEDDING
Our nearest are not always our dearest. In this day workshop for
the crime writer, familial tensions and secrets will be explored
through discussion and intensive writing exercises.
TURNING THE GERM OF AN IDEA INTO
STRUCTURED FICTION
Wednesday 09:30 - 16:30
MARGARET GRAHAM
We will discuss the structured requirements of fiction, reinforcing
the discussion with film. We'll move onto group work, and use
a system of prompts for the imagination, which ultimately produces
a structured piece of work. It's fun and can be riotous
KNOWING WHEN TO STOP
Thursday 09:30 - 16:30
PAUL BAVISTER
How do you know when your work is ready to be published? Take
this opportunity to explore in detail what can go wrong (and right)
when developing a novel or poetry collection. Subject areas covered
will include structure, plot, characterization and imagery with
plenty of opportunity to share work and techniques with the group.
A COMMISSIONING EDITOR'S VIEWPOINT
Friday 09:30 - 16:30
KATIE ESPINER
The final edit, the best synopsis and the most marketable covering
letter
HOW TO WRITE MARKETABLE CHILDREN'S
FICTION AND NON-FICTION (WL03)
Monday - Friday 09:30 - 16:30
JUDE EVANS, BEVERLEY BIRCH, FIONA WATERS, ELIZABETH ARNOLD,
SARAH MUSSI
Delegates will be invited to share with the group their goals
and discuss their current writing projects. Jude will give an
introduction to writing for children from a publisher's perspective.
Over the course of the day she will set delegates a series of
exercises to encourage them to analyse their work and discuss
how to polish it and prepare it for submission, with particular
focus on writing a synopsis, and researching the right publisher
to target.
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