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Turn your holidays into cash with a Write and Sell Travel Articles workshop
Many people would like to turn their travels into paid writing work but don’t know how to - either in terms of how to sell ideas to a publication or how to present a piece of travel journalism. Independent on Sunday Travel Editor Kate Simon’s workshop offers a practical guide to getting a travel writing career started, from how to spot themes and to how to actually pitch a story.
Kickstart your writing this September with a writing course in Spain
There are still places available on ‘Beginning to Write’, a course running from September 11th-18th 2010 at Almassera Vella in Alicante, Spain. Participants will explore ways to make creative writing a central enriching part of your life. Expect exercises, explorations, fun and, most important, the opening of doors and windows into fresh worlds of creativity.
Course review of Reporting War: Exploring the Way Forward
Hosted by the Centre for Journalism and Communication Research at Bournemouth University, a recent symposium investigated the morals, risks and challenges faced by the media in times of conflict. Dave Wheeler, a graduate from the Communications and Media BA at Bournemouth University, offers his response to the one-day event.
The RSC wants to hear from burgeoning arts journalists with a passion for Shakespeare
For the fifth year running, the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) want to recruit up-coming news and features writers to our Arts Journalist Bursary scheme. You could be a broadcast, print or online journalist, but whatever your discipline, we’ll want you to show enthusiasm for the arts, ideas for stories and features, and an ability to reach to new audiences.
Boost your success as a freelance journalist with a ‘Pitching to Editors’ workshop
If you ever get your feature ideas ignored by editors it may be all down to the pitch. My regular Pitching to Editors workshops help freelancers impress editors and get commissions. The workshops regularly attract former staff writers and editors keen to launch a freelance career, find publications to write for and identify timely hooks for stories.
Journalists considering a career move are invited to Moving into PR - Free Seminar & Networking Event
The job market for journalists continues to be challenging in the UK, with many more freelance writers on the market than there is demand for. In response to this, on Saturday June 5th 2010 the National Union of Journalists will host a free seminar for journalists considering moving into the PR sector.
Learn to sustain your narrative and complete your novel with Amanda Sington-Williams
Find out how to sustain your narrative for 80,000-120,000 words and complete your novel with the WRITING THAT NOVEL course in Brighton this June, led by published novelist with an MA in Creative Writing and a background in teaching English, Amanda Sington-Williams.
Prepare your novel for presentation to publishers & agents with author Glenn Carmichael
If you’re having trouble with your plot, if your characters refuse to behave, if your scenes lack sparkle or you simply lack the confidence to send your manuscript out, Completing Your Novel, the latest writing course at Bristol’s Arnolfini Arts Centre, could help you to develop a finished novel to present to agents and publishers.

