Are you writing fiction set in a particular time in the past, with a need to research your period and characters? That is an essential part of the work of course, but there comes a time when you just need to write it.
Sure, you need to understand the nuts and the bolts of your genre, the methods, the readership’s requirements.
And of course you need to know that you have done the right research, the right kind of research, the right amount of research.
And then there is the planning, the plotting, the paving the route of your writing strategy….
Er… This is getting ridiculous, look I need to tidy my desk, the sitting room, the neighbour’s garden.
Oh, and I should really see the hygienist before I settle down to write…
Stop! Planning is becoming procrastination!
The book is safest on paper. You can’t edit an empty page. Just set your research aside and start to tell your story.
Emma Darwin is here to help. She is an inspiring and deeply experienced teacher and mentor of creative writing who believes that all anyone needs to write well is the desire to work at it, plenty of paper and pens, and access to a good, big library. And that at some point, you just have to get on with it!
In this 2-hour workshop packed to the brim with essential information, guidance and pointers - and lots of writing tasks - Emma will give you all you need to know – and the permission (if that’s what the Imposter Syndrome is telling you you need!) – to just get down to it and write.
And you will write in the session. So you will have started!
And there will be an illuminating Q&A to pick up anything that hasn’t been covered.
Whether you are battling to finish your first draft, proudly completing your development edit, struggling to put pen to paper or just wondering if Historical Fiction is something you want to write at all, this workshop is for you.
Come and join us. Jump-start the process of becoming that better Historical Fiction writer, now!
All levels welcome
Fee: £30
Emma Darwin’s The Bruegel Boy has just been published to critical acclaim and was The Times Historical Fiction book of the month. Her other bestselling novels have been nominated for several awards including the Commonwealth Writers and RNA Novel of the Year. She is the author of Get Started in Writing Historical Fiction and This is Not a Book about Charles Darwin. Her brilliant Substack ‘This Itch of Writing’ is a must-subscribe space, full of essential advice to all writers of all levels and genres. Emma has taught at Goldsmiths and Oxford University, and is a creative writing tutor, editor and mentor.
Cancellation policy: non-refundable
Are you writing fiction set in a particular time in the past, with a need to research your period and characters? That is an essential part of the work of course, but there comes a time when you just need to write it.
Sure, you need to understand the nuts and the bolts of your genre, the methods, the readership’s requirements.
And of course you need to know that you have done the right research, the right kind of research, the right amount of research.
And then there is the planning, the plotting, the paving the route of your writing strategy….
Er… This is getting ridiculous, look I need to tidy my desk, the sitting room, the neighbour’s garden.
Oh, and I should really see the hygienist before I settle down to write…
Stop! Planning is becoming procrastination!
The book is safest on paper. You can’t edit an empty page. Just set your research aside and start to tell your story.
Emma Darwin is here to help. She is an inspiring and deeply experienced teacher and mentor of creative writing who believes that all anyone needs to write well is the desire to work at it, plenty of paper and pens, and access to a good, big library. And that at some point, you just have to get on with it!
In this 2-hour workshop packed to the brim with essential information, guidance and pointers - and lots of writing tasks - Emma will give you all you need to know – and the permission (if that’s what the Imposter Syndrome is telling you you need!) – to just get down to it and write.
And you will write in the session. So you will have started!
And there will be an illuminating Q&A to pick up anything that hasn’t been covered.
Whether you are battling to finish your first draft, proudly completing your development edit, struggling to put pen to paper or just wondering if Historical Fiction is something you want to write at all, this workshop is for you.
Come and join us. Jump-start the process of becoming that better Historical Fiction writer, now!
All levels welcome
Fee: £30
Emma Darwin’s The Bruegel Boy has just been published to critical acclaim and was The Times Historical Fiction book of the month. Her other bestselling novels have been nominated for several awards including the Commonwealth Writers and RNA Novel of the Year. She is the author of Get Started in Writing Historical Fiction and This is Not a Book about Charles Darwin. Her brilliant Substack ‘This Itch of Writing’ is a must-subscribe space, full of essential advice to all writers of all levels and genres. Emma has taught at Goldsmiths and Oxford University, and is a creative writing tutor, editor and mentor.
Cancellation policy: non-refundable
