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Arvon Friends

Arvon Friends gain access to our full library of writing tips and exercises, and priority booking on Arvon courses. The money raised goes directly to our charitable work to enable disadvantaged young people and low income writers to attend Arvon courses.

BECOME AN ARVON FRIEND
FROM £4 PER MONTH

• Gain online access to exclusive Arvon Tutors writing tips and exercises
• Get a week of Priority Booking access on Arvon Courses in advance of public release
• Receive fortnightly emails with the latest writing resources from Arvon Tutors
• Know that your Friends payment helps bring young people to Arvon

You can join now by setting up a direct debit, or a one-off card payment.
Alternatively call 0204 529 4970 in office hours to join over the phone.

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£51 for a year credit or debit card

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TIPS AND EXERCISES

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Tips

Autofiction – Turn on the Light and Don’t be Scared

For anyone wanting to make sense of their own life through writing, you could do worse than to allow yourself the…

Russ Litten
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Exercises

Fictionalise Two Elements to Find the Why

In Satori in Paris, Jack Kerouac said ‘…made up stories and romances about what would happen IF are…

Russ Litten
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Exercises

Fictionalise Two Elements to Find the Why

In Satori in Paris, Jack Kerouac said ‘…made up stories and romances about what would happen IF are…

Russ Litten
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Exercises

Write and Frame Each Single Shot

I started out as an actor, and the joke I tell when people ask me is that I’d been in so…

Freddie Machin
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"I have received so much from Arvon - support, vision, friendship, access to great writers - that I wanted to give something back by becoming an Arvon friend."

— Pennie Roberts

"I've got a huge amount out of the Arvon Friends writing tips sent to me this year - it's been helpful to get new ideas and perspectives from established authors who know what works. I look forward to the emails in my inbox!"

— Mary Fairman

"I love these tips - they're so helpful and make me think about different options for how I approach my own work - and that when words don't flow, and ideas seem to dry up, there are great strategies for moving the work forward."

— Catherine Smith

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