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 £ 1044 (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:
S tructure and plot
Sense of place (and time)
Narrative skills
Conflict and dramatic tension\f3

Course Description

Pre-course preparation:
The tutor will be in touch prior to the course with details, if any advance reading is required.

Course Materials

What students need to bring

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

Timetable

Arrival day: FRIDAY 6 JUNE
From 4.00-6.30pm Arrival for residential students
6.45pm Non-residential students please arrive by 6.45pm for welcome chat and dinner
7.00pm Dinner
8.00pm–9.00pm First teaching session – attendance is an essential part of the course.

SATURDAY 7 JUNE
9.15am Morning classes start
10.30am Coffee
11.00am Morning classes continue
12.45pm Lunch
2.00pm Afternoon classes
3.30pm Tea
4.00pm Afternoon classes continue
5.00pm Classes finish
From 7pm Dinner
8.00pm Evenings are untutored, for individual work

Departure day: SUNDAY 8 JUNE (Residential students to vacate rooms by 10am)
9.15am Morning classes start
10.30am Coffee
11.00am Morning classes continue
12.45pm Lunch
2.00pm Afternoon classes
3.00pm Classes finish
3.30pm Tea then departure

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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Residential option available. Find out accommodation costs and how to book here.

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