Preparing for publication

Course details

Career planning for writers is not something you normally hear discussed. Writers are left on their own to muddle along from day to day with little direction or guidance. But a serious strategic plan can actually make the difference between a writer with unrealized aspirations and someone who is making their name as a professional author. This workshop will help you develop your ideas and initial writing into a body of work that is ready for publication. It will include a ‘health check’ for your writing career and will help you develop a strategic approach to your work to compliment your creativity.

Aims

Participants will explore:

• Whether they are writing what the market is looking for
• Who their key markets are
• How to develop a portfolio of their writing and to create their own niche
• Their own writing practices
• How to get the attention of potential publishers
• How to write and sell work to order
• What the diverse options open to authors are these days

The workshop will encourage participants to:

• Think beyond the writing project in front of them
• Become more organized, efficient and productive producers of creative content
• See themselves as successful small businesses that are going places