Making your way through the labyrinth
Monday October 29th - Saturday November 3rd 2018
Totleigh Barton
Most writing is re-writing. Getting momentum behind a first draft is important, but so is learning how to revise your own work. How can you find your way out of a slump? What if the events and characters on the page so far aren’t quite inspiring you? This week is for those who have already made a start on a short or long work of fiction. We’ll spend time discussing beginnings and endings, styles of narration, ways to improve your dialogue, and we’ll provide one-on-one feedback to help you find the strongest version of your story.
Single room price: £770
Shared room price: £720
Tutor
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Jonathan Lee’s latest novel, High Dive, has been translated into a dozen languages and was picked as a best book of…
Tutor
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Anne Meadows is a commissioning editor at Granta and Portobello Books. She works with a range of writers, from debut novelists…
Guest Tutor
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Kit de Waal’s novel My Name is Leon won the Kerry Group Irish Fiction Award and was shortlisted for…
Totleigh Barton, the first ever Arvon centre, is a 16th-century manor house in one of the most peaceful and idyllic parts of Devon.
Monday
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Arrive late afternoon, settle in, enjoy dinner and the tutors’ introduction to the week in the evening.
Tuesday
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Morning workshops led by tutors. Afternoons are your time for writing and one-to-one tutorials. Tutors read from their work in the evening.
Wednesday
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Morning workshops led by tutors. Afternoons are your time for writing and one-to-one tutorials. In the evening a guest speaker joins the group.
Thursday
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Morning workshops led by tutors. Afternoons are your time for writing and one-to-one tutorials. You are free to spend this evening as you wish.
Friday
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Tutors lead the final workshops in the morning. In the evening everyone gets together to share and celebrate their work.
Saturday
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The week comes to a close after breakfast. Have a tissue handy to say your farewells to the group.
Apr 8-13
The Hurst
Fiction
,Children & YA
Enthralling the young adult reader
Apr 15-20
Lumb Bank
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Unlearning rules, building instinct
Apr 22-27
The Hurst
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Technique and tenacity: a good first draft and beyond
Apr 29-May 4
Totleigh Barton
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Finding fresh connections
May 6-11
The Hurst
Fiction
Finding your way through the woods
May 27-Jun 1
Totleigh Barton
Fiction
Now to make it sing
Jun 3-8
The Hurst
Fiction
The art of crafting a world
Jun 17-22
Totleigh Barton
Fiction
Developing your narrative craft
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