What makes an opening chapter work? How do you grab and hold a reader’s attention? What is the balance between show and tell, between action and reflection, exposition and omission? Should a novel start ‘at the beginning’ or in the ‘middle’ or even at ‘the end’? What are the pros and cons of different points of view and different tenses?

This is a workshop for aspiring and more established writers who are struggling to start their novel. 3-5pm £10

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‘Interwoven’

Develop your creative writing practice, or try something new, with Rupture’s creative writing autumn intensive.

This full-day event will be hosted by Rupture’s Dr Anna Johnson and will also feature a workshop and talk by special guest, poet and lecturer Emma Filtness and a short explorative workshop with writer in residence Ashleigh Sean.

10am-4pm £35.00 or £25 for students.
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