Our online course to help you edit and polish your novel and prepare your pitch package for agents and publishers. It's suitable for anyone with a complete first draft in hand and a desire to get the best out of it.
Using teaching videos, notes, writing tasks and resources, Curtis Brown Creative’s Director Anna Davis shares her Rewrite Doctor method of editing to help you review your complete draft, identify issues to be remedied, and fix them through the rewriting process.
She then demystifies the perfect pitch – including advice on how to write a synopsis and agent’s letter. This course also features video pitching tips from Curtis Brown and C&W literary agents – and you can additionally sign up to get a written report on an extract of your work from one of our team of expert editors.
Tutor: Anna Davis
Anna is the founder and Director of the Curtis Brown Creative writing school. She is the author of five acclaimed novels which have been published in twenty languages. She has been a journalist and Guardian columnist, as well as a Curtis Brown literary agent. She taught creative writing at the University of Manchester and in many other settings before founding Curtis Brown Creative in 2011.
Dates: 23 January - 5 March 2020 (Enrol by 20th January.)
Location: Online
Course fee: £200 + £120 for a 500-word report
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