BLOODLINES
Crime Writing Course

with Caro Ramsay

 Tues 31st Jan - Thur 2nd Feb £120 (max 12) including lunch and refreshments, 10.30am to 4.30pm

Join Caro Ramsay, a best selling crime author, to unlock your inner evil, turning prose into brilliant crime fiction. 

Crime is a popular, fascinating form and sells more than almost any other genre.

Whether you're a beginner or a seasoned writer looking to move into a new genre, Caro will take you through some of the tricks of the crime writing trade - plots, characters, that injection of terror, how to develop a twist, the perfect ending.

Over three days, you will immerse yourself in the wonderful underworld of crime, producing work that you'll be able to take away and develop further at home, providing that first push into the world of crime fiction.

The first day will focus on making the most of your writing time and on how to get those first words out and onto the page. There will also be a mixture of discussion and writing exercises to help explore and illuminate character development, plotting, setting, and vocabulary, all in relation to crime fiction.

Day two will concentrate on reviewing your work completed on the first day, to help bring into focus ways in which to hone and shape your writing.

Discussions on genre and style will follow before participants begin to develop pieces.

On the final day, you will tackle editing skills as well as discussing publishing options.

Caro Ramsay's first novel, Absolution, was shorted listed for the New Blood Dagger and her second, Singing to the Dead, was long listed for the Theakston's Crime Book of the Year 2010. The third in the series, Dark Water, was published on 4 August 2011.

PLUS: 5 FREE EVENTS!

Sitting between the two weekends of Winter Words, participants will have the chance to take in the best of the Festival by attending any 5 daytime events for free. Participants are requested to indicate which events they would like to attend at the time of time of booking this course.

Call 01796 484626 to secure your place!