Faber Academy

GOOD NEWS: The great Mark Haddon will join Kathryn Heyman for her brilliant course, 'Start Your Novel In A Week'.
BAD NEWS: It's not till June 2019.
https://www.faberacademy.co.uk/…/start- your-novel-in-a-week…
... Book now! Just make sure to set a calendar alert...
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You've written a first draft. What's next?
Try EDIT YOUR NOVEL! Join esteemed editor Alison Hennessey, leading literary agent Sam Copeland and 11 fellow first-drafters for 12 weeks of hard graft to take your manuscript to the next level. Support, structure and lots of lots of feedback.
Click for more info --> https://www.faberacademy.co.uk/edit-your- novel-writing-cour…

🗣 Go on, Rachel! 👀

You have until midnight tonight to apply for the October start of our flagship course, 'Writing A Novel'. . Here are six very quick tips on how to approach it. Good luck! . https://www.faberacademy.co.uk/…/applyi ng-for-writing-a-no…/

Next week, join the amazing Maria Fusco and Keith Ridgway for five days of genre-bending and weird writing with one aim, to make it new. . Get to grips with Ann Quin, Chris Kraus, Georges Perec and more, all while making your own strides into the unknown. . CLICK HERE to find out more: https://www.faberacademy.co.uk/experiment al-creative-writin…

Fantastic piece by our Richard Skinner all about making playlists for your characters as a way into their psychic world. Lovely Saturday morning reading...

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Haha! 'Writing A Novel' goes to Pemberley!

START YOUR STORY TODAY . 'Start To Write' is a no-excuses, let’s-get-going, beginners' creative writing course to kickstart your creative life. . Spend the day with a roomful of curious, dedicated types and find out where writing could take you.... . Click here to find out more: https://www.faberacademy.co.uk/start-to-w rite-beginners-wri…
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A really good insight into Academy life...

After a sell-out first iteration, WHO DO YOU THINK THEY ARE? is returning in January 2019.
It's a five-day deep dive into human psychology, designed to help you create compelling characters, really real characters.
And it's sure to sell out again, so book soon.
... https://www.faberacademy.co.uk/…/who-do -you-think-they-are-…
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Finally got hold of your copy of 'Writing A Novel'?
Leave a review on Amazon and let others know what you think!
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Writing-Novel-Br ing-Ideas-Acade…/…/

Wonderful to see alumnae dominating the heat books pages... 😍

Are you a writer working on something focusing on the Americas? Then you *have* to know about the Eccles British Library Writer's Award.
Applications close 31/08/2018
https://www.bl.uk/eccl…/fellowships-and -awards/writers-award

✍ "People are thinking one thing and saying another." ✏
Tag a writer friend who writes great dialogue.
You can buy Richard Skinner's brilliant new guide, WRITING A NOVEL, here: https://www.faber.co.uk/9780571340460-wri ting-a-novel.html

Do you have a burning question about the writing process?
Head over to http://twitter.com and use the hashtag #WritingANovel to get Richard Skinner's expert advice.
Or why not post your question below?