This course will cover the basic aspects of novel writing, and is ideal for intermediate students who have an idea for a novel or a novel in progress. The syllabus will cover a wide variety of techniques including character, point of view, dialogue, structure and style. There is also an element of workshop in this course.

Running for 11 weeks (3 May to 12 July 2023) at 19:40 - 21:40 on Wednesday evenings, we will be covering issues of craft and content, including character, point of view, structure and style; examination of technical elements including dialogue, scene-building, and effective writing on a sentence-by-sentence level; keeping the reader's interest; workshopping of students' work.