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8th December 2021
Our final masterclasses for 2021 provide the perfect opportunity to sharpen up your creative instincts ahead of the Christmas period.
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Gothic and Horror
You write to scare and/or shock your readers, and weave an eerie atmosphere into your narrative. Mary Shelley, Daphne Du Maurier and Bram Stoker have all produced classic works of gothic fiction, while authors such as Stephen King and Dean Koontz are popular writers of contemporary horror.
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I’ve submitted to agents in my genre (techno-thriller), cold-mailed manuscripts to publishers, leaned on friends with connections in publishing,...
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4th August 2022
How does it feel to create a new literary genre? Author Martine Bailey discusses her particular writing style that led to the creation of the '...
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10th December 2020
Do you need to know what you're writing before you start? Or can you wait till it's time to send it out? And do you want to write to a strict genre...