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Tips and Tricks

Selling Your Work

Sue Nelson

A precis of Sue's entertaining and enlightening talk, presented to VWC on 18 April 2007, with some very useful tips and links

Crime Writing

Clichés

The crime has been committed, the detective is on the trail. It's time to bring in 'The Usual Clichés' - KJ Bennett's light-hearted look at common gaffs in police novels & drama. (Expanded notes from his input to the workshop held on 4 Feb 2004).

General Writing Structure

Adrian Childs' precis of his talk on the Structure of storylines, presented to VWC at St Michael's on 28 April 2004 (PDF FILE).

Journalism

Travel Travel Writing -

Summary of a talk by John Lucas

Editing Workshop

Plot & Character -

A precis of Lesley Eames' contribution to the workshop held on 11 June 2003

Style:Show, not Tell -

A precis of Nick Cook's contribution to the workshop held on 11 June 2003