Digital Novel Intensive
Date:
With:
Phillipa Martin
Rating:
EMERGING
Summary:
Tackle your project through a combination of webinars and submissions of your own work. You’ll receive direct feedback from your tutor and fellow course participants on your writing.
Details
Cover all the essential novel-writing tools – getting started (ideas, genres, setting, research), writing craft (POV, show don’t tell and more), character development and a variety of plot tools to help you structure your story. Theoretical components will be taught in conjunction with practical exercises and you’ll also be given feedback on your work to make your writing and novel stronger.
Please note that you will need access to a computer (or other device) and a good internet connection for this course.
Submissions of up to 3,000 words due at midnight on Wednesdays 10 August, 14 September, 12 October and 16 November.
Webinars: Mondays 4 July, 1 August, 5 September, 3 October, 7 November and 5 December, 6pm-7:30pm
You will learn
- How to develop tools to help you generate new story ideas
- A greater understanding of different points of view and narrative distance in creative writing
- How to improve ‘general’ writing skills
- About tools to create believable and engaging characters
- Different plotting techniques and how to use them in your writing
About Phillipa Martin
Phillipa Martin is the author of five crime fiction novels published in 13 countries. Her Sophie Anderson series — ‘Body Count’, ‘The Murderers’ Club’, ‘Fan Mail’, ‘The Killing Hands’ and ‘Kiss of Death’ —met with international acclaim. In 2011 she moved into ebooks, releasing ‘Coming Home’, ‘Hell’s Fury’ and two novels for younger readers: ‘The Wanderer’ and ‘Grounded Spirits’. She’s currently working on a drama with a mystery twist and studying for her PhD in Creative Writing.
“Phillipa was very knowledgeable about her craft and shared her vast experience with us” - WV participant, August 2015.
Read a Q&A with Phillipa Martin about novel writing.
Online courses
Check out our other online courses:
- Digital Novel Intensive with Phillipa Martin, from July to December 2016
- Q&A Day (Online), August 2016
- Beginners Short Story Clinic with Demet Divaroren, from August to December 2016
- Intermediate Short Story Clinic with Steven Amsterdam, from August to December 2016
- Advanced Short Story Clinic with Laurie Steed, from July to December 2016
- Poetry Clinic with Terry Jaensch, from July to December 2016
- Features Clinic with Jenny Valentish, from July to December 2016
- The Freelance Life webinar with Jackey Coyle, October 2016