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Please have your questions ready
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Questions and Answer Sessions
which follow each presentation
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From best selling authors, participants will learn the nuts and bolts of writing, plus how each author started
writing, how they found a publisher and their tips for getting into print.
Authors will cover areas such as character, dialogue, planning, and creative flow as well as the basics of show
and tell and avoiding clichés.
Each afternoon is dedicated to a more in-depth study of a specific aspect of creative writing, honing and
developing your skills or kick starting that novel you’ve always had in the back of your mind.
We advise all participants to familiarise themselves with the author’s
work before each course.
Day Format
Each INKwell Writers’ Workshop will run as follows, although
individual speakers may choose to vary the format to suit their presentation.
| 09.00 |
Registration and Coffee – writing is a solitary profession so this is a chance to meet
your fellow participants, find out about their work and make new contacts.
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| 09.30 |
Welcome introduction by Vanessa O’Loughlin and a talk through your Handout pack.
This exclusive Inkwell pack contains a series of tips sheets that supplement the facilitators
presentations and highlight specific areas to help you improve your writing. The pack also contains
a copy of ‘Writing Magazine’ or ‘Writers News’.
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| 10.00 |
Opening Speaker:
During the course of the day speakers will cover areas such as planning, creating a scene, show not
tell, avoiding clichés, narration, character, and dialogue. Each facilitator will discuss their own
route to publication, sharing details of their personal writing techniques, as well as giving tips on
getting published!
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| 11.15 |
Coffee break: Tea, Coffee and biscuits
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| 11.30 |
Second Speaker:
Every writer has a different approach to their writing day and the techniques they use to develop a
story. Meeting and hearing from two authors gives new writers an opportunity to compare methods and
find out what will work best for them. Participants also benefit from the publishing tips and
experience of two authors! The second speaker will introduce the first writing exercise.
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| 12.45 |
Lunch: An extensive, delicious buffet lunch catering for all palates, followed by tea
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| 2.00 |
Creative Writing Workshop:
Through the exercises set, participants will be guided through developing character, plot, and
dialogue. Reading is entirely voluntary, but through class discussion and the facilitators critique,
participants can see how differently a challenge is handled as well as seeing how to improve and
develop their own approach.
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| 3.00 |
Tea, Coffee and biscuits taken in room as seminar continues.
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| 4.30 |
Seminar ends |
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