Editing is a fundamental tool in the writer’s arsenal, but how do we edit our own writing effectively? How might we apply traditional editing principles to increase our chances of success if we aim to submit our writing to agents or publishers, or direct to market?
Using a mixture of theory, close reading of published texts, and practical exercises, this TLC Course, led by author and editor Jon Barton, will take you through the fundamentals of self-editing for fiction.
This course is suitable for writers with novels in progress and complete first drafts.
This six-session course will be offered online via Zoom and TLC’s community platform Circle. All sessions will be live, and we kindly ask you to ensure you can attend sessions and participate fully. A capacity limit allows for maximum interaction per cohort.
To optimise your time and to help you get the most value out of this course, we will not be asking you to give peer feedback and instead focus on teaching you the practical nuts and bolts of self-editing that you can carry forward into your practice and writing life. All teaching is live.
“The TLC Self Editing course was so very useful. Jon was brilliant. The content and delivery has really given me the confidence to be bold in my editing. I got straight to it and am busy totally restructuring the first quarter of my novel for submission. I was really struggling to be objective with it before, so the course has really made a difference to how I now approach editing my own work.” Self Editing: Fiction participant 2023
Dates: Wednesdays at 7-9pm (UK time), 17 April – 22 May 2024
Location: Online via Zoom
Cost: £ 350.00 +Vat / Concessions £ 299.00 +Vat
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