Tariffs
Option 1: £295.00 per person
Full weekend retreat, including accommodation x 2 nights, breakfast x 2 days, lunch x 2 days, 6 x workshops:
Option 2: £190.00 per person
Full weekend retreat without accommodation, including lunch x 2 days, 6 x workshops:
Option 3: Pay per day,
Day 1 - £90.00 per person;
Days 2 & 3 - £110.00 per person;
To attend the pitching session on Day 3 with Karen Sullivan writers must attend the workshops on Day 2.
Call 01461 800344 to book your place.
A £100 deposit will be required at the time of booking.
Tariffs
Option 1: £325.00 per person
Full weekend retreat, including accommodation x 2 nights, breakfast x 2 days, lunch x 2 days, 6 x workshops:
Option 2: £210.00 per person
Full weekend retreat without accommodation, including lunch x 2 days, 6 x workshops:
Option 3: Pay per day,
Day 1 - £100.00 per person;
Days 2 & 3 - £120.00 per person;
To attend the pitching session on Day 3 with Maisie, writers must attend the workshops on Day 2.
Call 01461 800344 to book your place.
A £100 deposit will be required at the time of booking.
Crime Fiction Writing Courses - Programme
Our programme of crime fiction writing courses and workshops is designed to give attendees practical advice and useful tips to improve their skill set.
Each tutor will provide exercises and handouts for attendees to take away.
The weekend is designed to not just provide writing skills, but also opportunities for networking and socialising with other writers.
Writers of all levels are welcome to attend the various courses and enjoy the hospitality of The Mill Forge.
Friday 21st Feb
10.00-10.15am
Induction and introductions
10.15am - 12.45pm
Group A - Fact Vs Fiction: Douglas Skelton
True crime writer and author Douglas Skelton will be showing us how to build a story around a real life event or case while still employing an artistic license
Group B - CSI for Crime Writers: Kate Bendelow
CSI technician and author, Kate Bendelow will give us the low down on what really goes on at a crime scene.
Lunch
1.30-2.30pm
Group A - Picking up the Pace: Graham Smith
Your host Graham Smith will take you through techniques to inject that all important pace into your story so your readers can't bear to put your book down
Group B - Maintaining your Discipline: Michael J. Malone
Author and editor Michael J. Malone will discuss various methods to help you maintain your writing discipline, whether you're writing your first draft or working through your edits
2.45-5.15pm
Group A - CSI for Crime Writers: Kate Bendelow
Group B - Fact Vs Fiction: Douglas Skelton
Saturday 22nd February
10.00am - 12.30pm
Group A - A Place in Our Hearts: Stephen Booth
Best selling author of the Cooper and Fry series, Stephen Booth will be talking about techniques to imbue your setting with a real sense of place
Group B - Synopsising your Novel and Preparing your Pitch - Maisie Lawrence
Who better than a commissioning editor to teach you how to pitch your novel? Maisie Lawrence will be talking about the perfect pitch and what she and her fellow Bookouture editors are all looking for in a submission
Lunch
1.15-2.15pm
Group A - Maintaining your Discipline: Michael J. Malone
Group B - Picking up the Pace: Graham Smith
2.30- 5.00pm
Group A - Synopsising your Novel and Preparing your Pitch - Maisie Lawrence
Group B - A Place in Our Hearts: Stephen Booth
5.15 - 6.15pm
1-2-1 Surgeries - Various Speakers
Pick the brains of our speakers on a 1-2-1 basis to solve that thorny problem with plotting, characters or setting with advice and insight from an experienced professional
Sunday 23rd March
10.00am
Pitch session - Maisie Lawrence
Maisie who is a commisioning editor with leading digital publisher Bookouture, will be hearing pitches from all attendees. Wow hert with a well delivered pitch about your unique novel and you could be on the way to literary stardom