RESOURCES
Playwrights Cohort
Are you a playwright based in the South-East, looking to take your next bold step?
Six months Jan – June | £100 paid in installments
Author Care Toolkit – the Society of Authors
A toolkit developed by the Society of Authors, with support from the Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society, to show the principles of good author care. Suitable for writers at all levels.
Podcasting tips from Neil Noon
These slides from Neil Noon’s First Tuesday Writers Club on podcast writing offer invaluable advice if you are looking to start your own podcast.
Writing Group Guidelines
These guidelines are designed to help you structure a new writing group and effectively give and receive feedback on writing in the context of a group.
Queer and Peer-led Creative Writing Toolkit
This toolkit from Lou Tondeur offers some tools LGBTQ+ community groups facilitating writing workshops can use with participants, they are tried and tested by Lou.
How to get a literary agent
The Fundamentals of Submitting Your Work by Oscar Janson-Smith Like most major life accomplishments, getting a book deal is not an easy thing to do.
Working with Agents & Publishers
By Clare Christian You’ve written your book. You’ve redrafted it once, twice, probably more. You’ve polished it; maybe you’ve worked with an editor to get
Self-promotion for Writers
By Anna Burtt At some point over the years, ‘self-promotion’ has been given a bad name. We associate it with narcissism and arrogance. You do
FAQ Preparing your work for submission to agents and publishers
By Beth Miller Please note, the following applies to fiction submissions only. Non-fiction submissions have very different requirements. There are excellent guidelines on writing non-fiction
A Place to Start – A Selection of Writing Prompts from New Writing South
We asked some of our most experienced tutors to share their favourite writing prompts. Something to get you started if you’re staring at a blank