Have you always wanted to write a novel but haven’t known where to start? (Yes. I have.)

The Writers’ Academy (Penguin Random House) is running a Creative Writing Course for Beginners.

Through this course you will gain insight into writing techniques employed by best-selling authors, Contributors include Audrey Niffenegger (author of The Time Traveller’s Wife,) SJ Watson (Before I Go To Sleep) and Rowan Coleman (The Memory Book.) You will also benefit from the knowledge of the Random House editors.

Rowan Coleman

Whatever genre you’d like to write, this course can help equip you with the literary tools to start writing.

In this course there will be weekly activities that will guide you through topics like character, plot, point of view and description.

There are various start dates throughout the rest of the year. The next course begins on 27th June 2016 so there is still time to enrol. The next available start date after this current run is September.

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