With its criminals, cops, and everything in between, crime fiction is this country’s best-selling genre. But what makes it so popular? And why?

What sets it apart from any other genre? And more importantly, how can you write it?

This will be a course that covers character, dialogue, landscape and dramatic narrative. It will also involve group workshops with the writers presenting their works in progress for analysis and critique. It will also work as a writing support group, encouraging the writers to talk to each other and celebrate/commiserate on how their work is going.

Celebrate, obviously. I will be there to guide and structure the writers’ work, giving critiques and holding workshops, utilising writing tools and exercises to keep the work coming along and the writers unblocked. We will also look at editing and reediting to make sure the finished work is in the best possible form by the end of the course. The end result should be at least a sizeable chunk of a novel, if not a completed one, ready to take further.

Session Dates

Day, time

• Sep dates: Wed 16, Wed 23 & Wed 30
• Oct dates: Wed 07, Wed 14 & Wed 21
• Nov dates: Wed 04, Wed 11, Wed 18 & Wed 25
• Dec dates: Wed 02 & Wed 09
• Jan dates: Wed 13, Wed 20 & Wed 27
• Feb dates: Wed 03, Wed 10 & Wed 17

Part-payment plans can be arranged if you’d like to pay in three instalments.

Wed 05 Aug – £320

Mon 05 Oct £320

Sat 05 Dec £320

Please contact carla@rawwriting.co.uk if you’d like to arrange this.

About The Tutor

Martyn Waites was an actor before becoming a writer. He has been nominated for every major British crime fiction award and has written over twenty novels including the critically acclaimed Joe Donovan series, Born Under Punches which won the Grand Prix du Roman Etranger and The White Room which was a Guardian best book of the year. His latest novel, The Last Chapter, published under the new name CB Everett has been described by Lee Child as ‘a deftly plotted, gripping, pulse-racing rollercoaster of a thriller…stunning.’

Please email Carla at carla@rawwriting.co.uk if you have any questions before booking or call or message her on 07474 116771

www.rawwriting.co.uk

Venue: Meeting Room, Exeter Phoenix

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