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Write Short Stories for Profit

Come to the magnificent seaside town of Llandudno in beautiful North Wales for five days of intensive but enjoyable writing and leave with saleable work. Participants will choose between two separate courses, both of which concentrate on short-story writing for profit.

The courses will be held at the delightful Kensington Hotel, right on the sea front with superb views. The hotel offers excellent accommodation in en suite rooms with TV and tea/coffee hospitality trays. All meals are provided, including full breakfast, light lunch and three-course evening dinner. There will be choice of evening menu and any special diets will be catered for. The hotel has a bar, smoking and non-smoking lounges and a large car park. There are lifts to all floors.

Course details

DATES: Monday 8 March to Friday 12 March 2004

Writing the Radio 4 Short Story

Run by director, Vincent McInerney, this unit will take the writer from the basic idea to a completed 2,500 word story suitable for submission to Radio 4 or to a short story magazine or a short story competition. The course will consist of theory and practice and requires the participants to bring along an idea, to be worked up and refined. A 2,500 word (15 minute) story makes a good 10 minute film script, which which there are now government grants. Time allowing, the adapting of short stories to short film scripts will be discussed.

Vincent was a part-time BBC editor for ten years, and has had over twenty works broadcast on BBC network radio. Three of his Radio 4 stories have been commissioned as short film scripts. He is the author of the definitive textbook Writing for Radio (MUP 2000). He wrote/co-produced the stage play A Woman, A Dog, A Walnut Tree which had a recent successful run at The Landor Theatre, London; and recently wrote and produced a short 10 minute film Booked. He is presently commissioned by MUP for Cinema: and the Writing of Short and Full-Length Screenplays - a companion volume to Writing for Radio.

Writing the Women's Magazine Short Story

Run by assistant director, Linda Povey, this unit will involve a close study of published stories concentrating on one-pagers, particularly those with a 'twist in the tale', popular with most women's magazines. Participants will look at magazine guidelines and other material to give them some idea as to what makes a story acceptable for publication. they will decide which magazine they would like to target and write a suitable story for it, of approximately 1,000 words.

Linda works part-time as a primary school teacher and also taught English in secondary school for a number of years. Her first writing success came with the publication of verses for major greeting card manufacturers. She now writes short fiction for women's magazines. Her work has been published in 'Take a Break', Take a Break's Fiction Feast, Bella, That's Life and Yours.

Cost:

The course will begin on the afternoon of 8th March and finish after lunch on 12th March 2004. The cost is £235 per person, to include tuition and en suite accommodation at the Kensington Hotel in Llandudno with all meals.

Full details from:

Linda Povey
21 Mimosa Close
Great Hay
Telford
Shropshire TF7 4DU
Tel: 01952 585019
Email: linda@povey2603.freeserve.co.uk

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