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Bookings COMPELLING CHARACTERS | Novel-craft Workshop with novelist Pippa Dunn Pre-recorded prompt workshop to work with at your own pace
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COMPELLING CHARACTERS | Novel-craft Workshop with novelist Pippa Dunn Pre-recorded prompt workshop to work with at your own pace

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Join Pippa Dunn for this pre-recorded novel-craft workshop to jumpstart your fiction writing.

Explore and develop your Characters in this inspirational and inclusive session full of practical exercises to help you tighten up your techniques, develop your story and build your confidence. Expect generative writing prompts and to leave the session feeling a better sense of connection with one or more of your characters, and ways of engaging with the others.

[A version of this workshop formed part of The January Writing Resolution, a month-long series for fiction writers.]

Who are these sessions for?

The sessions are for all levels, they are also suitable for beginner writers who would like to step beyond their comfort zone and commit, every day, to the page. The course is dynamic but can be taken at your own pace.

Session facilitator:

Pippa Dunn is an author, teacher & creative facilitator based in East London. As well as writing fiction she also dabbles in stage and screenplays, supports story development for a documentary film company, and leads creative workshops for both adults and children. Her debut novel secured major deals in multiple international territories, and she is currently working on her second book – a gothic fantasy set amid the private cemeteries and public theatres of late Victorian London.

When she's not scribbling in one of her local coffee shops, she can usually be found exploring East London's wild green spaces, or wild spaces further afield in Devon, Derbyshire or Scotland.

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Join Pippa Dunn for this pre-recorded novel-craft workshop to jumpstart your fiction writing.

Explore and develop your Characters in this inspirational and inclusive session full of practical exercises to help you tighten up your techniques, develop your story and build your confidence. Expect generative writing prompts and to leave the session feeling a better sense of connection with one or more of your characters, and ways of engaging with the others.

[A version of this workshop formed part of The January Writing Resolution, a month-long series for fiction writers.]

Who are these sessions for?

The sessions are for all levels, they are also suitable for beginner writers who would like to step beyond their comfort zone and commit, every day, to the page. The course is dynamic but can be taken at your own pace.

Session facilitator:

Pippa Dunn is an author, teacher & creative facilitator based in East London. As well as writing fiction she also dabbles in stage and screenplays, supports story development for a documentary film company, and leads creative workshops for both adults and children. Her debut novel secured major deals in multiple international territories, and she is currently working on her second book – a gothic fantasy set amid the private cemeteries and public theatres of late Victorian London.

When she's not scribbling in one of her local coffee shops, she can usually be found exploring East London's wild green spaces, or wild spaces further afield in Devon, Derbyshire or Scotland.

Join Pippa Dunn for this pre-recorded novel-craft workshop to jumpstart your fiction writing.

Explore and develop your Characters in this inspirational and inclusive session full of practical exercises to help you tighten up your techniques, develop your story and build your confidence. Expect generative writing prompts and to leave the session feeling a better sense of connection with one or more of your characters, and ways of engaging with the others.

[A version of this workshop formed part of The January Writing Resolution, a month-long series for fiction writers.]

Who are these sessions for?

The sessions are for all levels, they are also suitable for beginner writers who would like to step beyond their comfort zone and commit, every day, to the page. The course is dynamic but can be taken at your own pace.

Session facilitator:

Pippa Dunn is an author, teacher & creative facilitator based in East London. As well as writing fiction she also dabbles in stage and screenplays, supports story development for a documentary film company, and leads creative workshops for both adults and children. Her debut novel secured major deals in multiple international territories, and she is currently working on her second book – a gothic fantasy set amid the private cemeteries and public theatres of late Victorian London.

When she's not scribbling in one of her local coffee shops, she can usually be found exploring East London's wild green spaces, or wild spaces further afield in Devon, Derbyshire or Scotland.

“I had not shared my writing before, but Kate & Pippa facilitated a space where it felt comfortable. I received great feedback that has given me the confidence to continue writing and hopefully share my work with a wider audience. I found the experience wonderful and would recommend it to anyone starting their writing journey or just looking to hone the craft.”
— JR
“I love Pippa’s mentored critique group. Her prompts are so inspiring and really fruitful – and she has such a clever and lovely way of encouraging us. Each week I have written something that, in some form, will end up in my book.”
— KB
“Pippa just really knows her stuff. Her energy, enthusiasm and deep knowledge of both writing craft and technique and also the ins and outs of the industry make her sessions dynamic and inspiring.”
— KH
“Kate is a clever and kind facilitator who includes everyone and keeps the pace, and can evoke and stimulate people to be their best creative selves.  I love it. ”
— LB
“I joined this wonderfully supportive and inclusive group, struggling to find the time and momentum to write. Now, I AM a writer, thanks to Kate and her help and prompts.”
— GC
  • These inclusive and inspirational sessions are for you if you are looking to invest in your writing – at whatever level or stage you believe yourself to be.

  • Live sessions– on Zoom.

    The sessions open 5 minutes before teaching so we can start promptly.

    A reminder Zoom link will be sent out some time in 24 hours before the following sessions.

    If you have not received your link 24 hours before the course is due to start, please first check your spam folder,. If it is not there then please contact hello@kateoldfieldwrites.com

    Please check before the first session that you have a reliable broadband signal, an internal space free from background noise, and that your microphone and camera work.

  • From 1st to the 31st January - subscribe the whole month, or just a week or just a workshop.

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