Want to know what it’s like doing our Faber Writing Academy Writing a Novel course? Journalist Diana Jenkins shares her experiences of the course so far, what she’s learnt from our tutors, and how it’s helping progress her novel (and also comments on course catering & our eating habits!).… Read the rest
Karen Comer, a recent student on our Faber Writing Academy workshop Revise, Revise, Revise… shares her experiences from the course, what she took away, and how she’s learning the meaning of the word tenacity. … Read the rest
Our Faber Writing Academy scholarship winner Ella Lamb shares her thoughts on why she keeps writing, and the many other questions that authors must answer on a regular basis.
There seems to be an awful lot of questions aspiring authors must answer: what is your story about?… Read the rest
Our Faber Writing Academy Scholarship winner Kelli Hawkins shares what she learned from the Writing a Novel course, and how it has given her belief in her writing.
Writing a novel is such a big task.… Read the rest
Much like our recent post on Rewriting the Rules, Debra Jopson explains how she went from writing journalism for a living to writing fiction, and how our Faber Writing Academy course helped her learn to live in a fictional world.… Read the rest
Alexandra Joel, one of many successful alumini of Patti Miller’s Writing True Stories courses, has just published her memoir Rosetta, and writes about how a Faber Writing Academy course helped shape her writing from a journalism background and break down the writing rules she’d known.… Read the rest
One of our most popular Faber Writing Academy courses is Patti Miller’s True Stories, which sells out year after year and it’s no surprise either, with many established and debut authors testifying to the impact of her teaching on their writing.… Read the rest
Pip Smith, 2015 scholarship winner for our Faber Writing Academy Writing a Novel course in Sydney shares what she learned during the course:
Sometimes it feels as if my novel-writing process grinds forward with the speed of shifting tectonic plates.… Read the rest
After lots of great writing advice for NaNoWriMo from published authors Jack Heath, Margo Lanagan and Lili Wilkinson, we asked Faber Writing Academy alumni Philippa Brandon how she’d compare our six month Writing A Novel course with the one month writing blast of NaNoWriMo.… Read the rest
This month we’re offering up tips from our authors on tackling NaNoWriMo, or National Novel Writing Month, which takes place in November every year. Following on from advice from Lili Wilkinson and Jack Heath, here’s some from one of our Faber Writing Academy tutors Margo Lanagan who recommends planning, and walking away:
Have things planned to the point where you know before you sit down what scene(s) you’re going to be writing today.… Read the rest
