Writing Workshops

Where it began….

Back in November 2023, living in Madrid, I decided to run a workshop over 3 days to help others with their writing journeys. I then ran this again in January 2024 in Seville. Since then I’ve trained both new and experienced writers and would love to help you too!

Get started writing your book
This is a 3 hour session and covers making sure you know what type of book are you writing. What are the challenges you should know? Are you using the right POV? And what tools can you use to outline or plot your book, whether fiction or memoir. You also want to make your first few pages fabulous. In this workshop you’ll create a roadmap for your book to start you off right!

Workshop 1: Get started writing your book
What type of book are you writing? What are the challenges you should know? Are you using the right POV? And what tools can you use to outline or plot your book, whether fiction or Whether you’re a pantser and hate planning, or a full outliner, you should know the key things that make a plot and great story arc in fiction, or an engaging book if you’re writing non-fiction or a memoir. You also want to make your first few pages fabulous. In this workshop you’ll create a roadmap for your book to start you off right!

Writing Lab 2: Creating Character and Dialogue In this workshop we deep dive into how you can craft characters that are engaging, interesting and complex. Then tips and techniques on how you introduce them into your story (because it’s not about describing their hair colour!). Then we tackle the dynamics of dialogue and how to make this engaging and move your story forward. You get a chance to hone your dialogue writing skills and character descriptions.

Writing Lab 3: Secrets of Structure This workshop covers understanding different POV’s, how to write them and when you should use which and when. Then we talk through the different ways to structure the narrative in your story and lastly we deep dive into the different types of edits that your story could (and should!) go through, and you’ll get a chance to do some exercises to hone your editing skills!

Writing Lab 4: Pitching and Getting Published Find out the different paths to be published and the pro’s and con’s of each – from someone who’s been both traditionally and self published. Which path might be right for you? Find the skills to being a writer vs a published author (there are some key differences!) and learn how to pitch yourself and your story.

Writing Bites covers how to:

• Understand your writing style and use this effectively

• Structure your book and use different tools and techniques to plan out what’s going to go where and when

• Write characters, exposition, narrative, dialogue and non-fiction

• Write your plot summary and submission letter when you’re ready to try and get published