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Industry Day is exclusively for TLC mentees and certain writers who are supported by prize-partners. It is invitation only. This event is offered as part of the Chapter and Verse mentorship programme which includes 12 months of one-to-one mentoring, a full manuscript assessment, and a suite of resources to help writers finish their books. Twice […]
Getting professional feedback can be transformative, but once your notes are in, it’s up to you to action them. It can sometimes feel confusing trying to work out the next best steps. That’s why we have created our post-feedback workshop. Using our REVISE model, we will help you build a strategy to implement professional feedback, […]
Are you an aspiring editor? Do you want to learn how to shape a writer’s manuscript? In the role of Editor, you have the privilege of playing a key part in a book's development. You are an integral part in the creative process, helping authors transform their work from manuscript to published book. Edit Academy, […]
What Gaming Taught Me About Worldbuilding In this interactive webinar, join award-winning MG fantasy novelist Janelle McCurdy. Janelle will be sharing with us her top tips for creating a practical world building template, to help you make sure the world your characters move through is believable, consistent, and comes alive on the page. Regardless of […]
Getting professional feedback can be transformative, but once your notes are in, it’s up to you to action them. It can sometimes feel confusing trying to work out the next best steps. That’s why we have created our post-feedback workshop. Using our REVISE model, we will help you build a strategy to implement professional feedback, […]
What EastEnders Taught Me About Writing Conflict At TLC we see hundreds of manuscripts each year. Consistently, there are a few things that writers stumble on. One of these is the issue of conflict. Are the stakes high enough? What is driving the story? Where is the jeopardy being generated from? What, exactly, is the […]
What Ghostwriting Taught Me About What Makes a Good Story In a long and storied career, Ashley Stokes has been a published writer of fictions long and short across several genres; a TLC reader and regional ambassador; a creative writing lecturer and founder of a school; a small press publisher and editor of the critically […]
Getting professional feedback can be transformative, but once your notes are in, it’s up to you to action them. It can sometimes feel confusing trying to work out the next best steps. That’s why we have created our post-feedback workshop. Using our REVISE model, we will help you build a strategy to implement professional feedback, […]
In this fun, interactive session, we'll consider what makes the perfect book title. We'll look at some titles that work (and some that work less well), and analyse why. We'll consider genre, content, and readership. We'll play some interactive games to help demonstrate how a title can perfectly capture the essence of a book in […]
