There’s still time to register for my course, Editing Your Prose.
It starts on January 14th and is six weeks–every Monday night at the Nottingham Writer’s Studio.
I’d love to have you there. I’ve pasted the course details below. To register, go to http://www.nottinghamwritersstudio.co.uk.
Editing Your Prose with Victoria Oldham
14 January – 18 February (6 weeks)
Victoria is back with her much praised Editing Your Prose course. So many people were asking about it we decided to run it again! See what past participants have said:
| “I was a bit stuck on what type of editing the second draft of my novel needed – now I’m not.” |
| “It more than met my expectations – covering material I hadn’t thought about – despite my own professional editing experience. [...] I now understand things I’ve been told before, that didn’t entirely make sense. It’s improved my planning process almost beyond recognition.” |
The Course
The first course of action when writing is to write. To get your ideas down in, at least theoretically, a cohesive and plausible way. But when you’re done with that, it’s time to give your work some tough love. This six-week editing course will go over various aspects of self-editing, including point of view, structural gaps and how to fill them, word choice, dialogue and basic editing tips on both line and structural levels. You will be working on your own manuscript, and the instructor will use examples from everyone’s work in order to show, not tell.
The Tutor
Victoria Oldham is a professional editor with a publishing house in New York, and has published more than sixty articles and short stories.
Cost: £48 full price, £36 NWS members
Dates: Mondays, weekly, from 14 January to 18 February 2013, 7–9pm
Where: the NWS meeting room.
To book: Contact us on admin@nottinghamwritersstudio.co.uk.
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That’s fantastic, thank you so much!
Waaaaaaaah! This is exactly what I need, I’ve crossed the border into second draftland and a pro looking over my shoulder would be invaluable. Alas, I was going to be in Nottingham for that time period, but my cat ate my passport.
Edward, I’ll be doing an online version of this course next month. I’ll post details as soon as they’re finalized. No passport necessary.
Brilliant, Sis! Wish I lived a bit closer. <3
I wish you did too, but not for the class! I’m doing an online version next month if you actually want to do it.
Would LOVE this, but I suspect the commute would kill me. xoxo
Hi Lori!
I’ll be doing an online version next month if you want to join that. No commute involved.
Would love to do this course, but think I need to actually write something to edit first. Also, I’ve just booked a 4-week course on Tue, starting the same week and I think it’d be too much but maybe I’ll be ready by the next time you run it. Hope it goes well. x
I’ll be running it online next month, and I’ll probably be doing the physical course again in the fall. Hope your other course goes well!