Self-Edit Your Novel Workshop
Join the amazing Debi Alper as she helps turn your first draft into a finished novel.
We’re done for this year!
This intensive, one-day event to help you become a self-editing master has now finished for this year.
We’re currently working on a new programme of events for the upcoming year ahead. For updates, please subscribe to our newsletter.
Meanwhile, you can find out more about what was included in the past Self-Edit Your Novel Workshop below.
Edit your novel and get published
This intimate workshop is based on the bestselling Self-Edit Your Novel tutored course.
Join tutor Debi Alper as she leads practical writing exercises that will help turn your first draft into something saleable.
The day concludes with an agent session on how to submit your manuscript.
This is a unique opportunity to delve inside the magic of the Self-Edit course in a day. No other course has seen more success stories than this one!
Book your place at this event today
18 May 2019 – Regents College, London
Learn how to self-edit your book into something agents can’t wait to read. Price includes lunch voucher and drinks.
Got questions? Then drop us a line.
What we’ll cover
| Time | Activity |
| 09.00 – 09.30 | Registration |
| 09.30 – 10.30 | Plot, pace and structure |
| 10.30 – 11.00 | Coffee break |
| 11.00 – 12.00 | Character |
| 12.00 – 13.00 | Voice |
| 13.00 – 14.00 | Lunch |
| 14.00 – 15.00 | Point of view and psychic distance |
| 15.00 – 15.30 | Coffee break |
| 15.30 – 16.30 | Prose microscope: Dialogue, show and tell and rhythm |
| 16.30 – 17.30 | The publishing market with special agent guest: Tom Witcomb |
| 17.30 – 18.00 | Reception drinks |
The day in detail
Morning sessions
Plot, pace and structure
Have you started and ended your book in the right place? This session will show how to check your pacing and narrative drive, from inciting incident to resolution.
Character
In this session, we’ll be teaching you techniques to ensure you know your characters both inside and out, and can bring them alive as characters-in-action.
Voice
Whether you’re writing in first or third person, creating an engaging voice that’s appropriate for the story is vital. This session will give you the tools to bring your voice to life.
Afternoon sessions
Point of view and psychic distance
Psychic distance is the most magical and transformational tool in the novelist’s kit. After this session, your writing will never be the same again.
Prose microscope: Dialogue, show and tell and rhythm
You might have a compelling story, but if you don’t get the words right your chances of engaging a reader’s interest are minimal. In this session we’ll look at all the different elements of your prose.
Agent Q&A with Tom Witcomb
Learn what literary agents are looking for and how to tailor your pitch when it comes to submission time. This is your chance to ask questions to an agent, direct.
About our Speakers
About the tutor
Debi Alper
Debi is an author with Orion and runs the extremely successful ‘Self-Edit Your Novel’ course. Debi is one of our top editors and has helped hundreds of writers to publication.
About the agent
Tom Witcomb
Tom is a literary agent at Blake Friedmann. Tom enjoys upmarket and commercial crime, thriller, historical and science fiction where character is equal to plot.
Good to know
Details, details, details…
Who is this event for? – Anyone who has a first draft of a novel (or story-driven work of non-fiction) that they are serious about polishing for publication. This course will benefit new writers, as well as established ones.
Event status – Now booking.
Disabled access – Wheelchair accessible, please contact us for individual requirements and we’ll do our best to accommodate you.
Dietary needs – The canteen caters to most dietary requirements with a selection of packaged and fresh food.
Location – Regents College, Inner Circle, Regent’s Park, London NW1 4NS
What your ticket includes
18 May 2019 – Regents College, London
- Entrance to all sessions
- Tea & coffee
- Lunch (voucher for up to £7.50 in the excellent college canteen)
Getting there
Get directions to Regents College, London
Why Us?
Jericho Writers has been in the business of helping writers for more than a dozen years.
We’ve helped thousands of writers get started in writing or make huge improvements to their existing work. Hundreds of our clients – all of them writers like you – have gone on to get agents and get published or self-published with huge success.
The secret of our success – and yours – is simple. Jericho Writers was founded by writers, for writers. We know what it takes to write a book and make it succeed and we are here to pass that knowledge on to you. Read more about our founder, Harry Bingham, or meet our team.
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