Your thoughts appreciated! 🤔 · Marlowe and Christie Writers

Your thoughts appreciated! 🤔

Hi folks

I deliver one-off workshops and ongoing courses for a local college (for adult learners). The topics are all aspects of writing and publishing, fiction related.

The college has asked me if I’ll deliver next year, and for the first time requested that I pick my classes for the whole academic year, now. For various reasons (that I won’t bore you with) they can’t currently give me insight into student requests - which would have been my starting point!

I’ll definitely be repeating my intensive 1-day course on novel writing and probably the sessions on self-publishing.

I was thinking of offering a short one called ‘Getting it done!’ About productivity/ procrastination/ plotting, etc.

So… my question is, if someone was offering classes very close to your home, what would you love to see on the prospectus? I’m sure we’re a varied bag of confidence, skills, backgrounds, and experience here, so I’d really appreciate any thoughts! I also realise some things may be beyond my own skillset (always learning) but without boring you with my whole CV, I’m happy to take any ideas for reflection.

Courses are face-to-face and can be pretty much any length, but intensive Saturday ones work better much better for my schedule.

NB. I can assure you I’m not trying to sell you anything - unless, in the extremely unlikely event that you live on the same tiny island as me off the coast of France! 😁

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