Fiction Writing Certificate. Unit 2. Plot and Place with Bethan Roberts

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About this course

Please note that the course fee of £900 (which covers all three units) is payable in advance of study.

During this three-unit course, the key elements which underpin fiction writing are brought together into one continuing programme to support the development of writing a novel. Led by two published novelists, with plenty of mentoring and coaching experience.

This second unit is taught by Bethan Roberts and will include:
Structure and plot
Sense of place (and time)
Narrative drive

Course Description

Pre course preparation
A reading pack of PDFs will be sent to you prior to the course. You can submit 500 words from a work-in-progress to Bethan for feedback during your individual tutorial.

Course Materials

What students need to bring

Your usual writing equipment, notebook and pen, and/or laptop.

Timetable

Saturday 10 May
10.00am - Morning classes start
11.15am - Tea/coffee break
11.30am - Morning classes continue
1.30pm - Lunch
2.30pm - Time for writing and tutorials
4.45pm - Class wrap-up
5.00pm - Classes finish

Sunday 11 May
10.00am - Morning classes start
11.15am - Tea/coffee break
11.30am - Morning classes continue
1.30pm - Lunch
2.30pm - Time for writing and tutorials
4.45pm - Class wrap-up
5.00pm - Classes finish

General Information

Tutors

Bethan_Roberts_Author

Bethan Roberts

Tutor - Certificate in Fiction Writing

Bethan has published five novels and writes stories and drama for BBC Radio 4. Her books include: The Good Plain Cook (Serpent’s Tail, 2008), which was a Radio 4 Book at Bedtime; My Policeman (Chatto & Windus, 2012), the story of a 1950s policeman, his wife and his male lover (a major Amazon Original movie starring Harry Styles and Emma Corrin) and Mother Island (Chatto, 2014), which received a Jerwood Fiction Uncovered prize.

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