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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.

 

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£51 for a year credit or debit card

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TIPS AND EXERCISES

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Tips

Always Write in Pencil

If you feel like the words you are writing now are the ones that everyone will read in the final draft,…

Joseph Wilde
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Exercises

Put a Bomb Under It

The exercise is designed as a way to try and free you from the chains you’ve written for yourself. You don’t…

Joseph Wilde
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Tips

Write. Good or bad. Don’t worry, just write.

This tip will be counterintuitive. You won’t believe me, because somewhere in the guts of me I don’t believe it either….

Jarred McGinnis
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Exercises

Fact Checking Your Writing

Study an example of your writing with the fact-checker part of your brain firmly in gear.   
Do you need to double-check…

Jenny Parrott
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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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