What’s On Offer

Liz is offering a course of 6 online creative writing classes, which are open to everyone. She will focus on 6 technical aspects of writing, including: How to build a character; Voice; Dialogue; Tense and Person; Structure; When to Show and When to Tell and Self Editing. 

Elizabeth would like students to come with a piece of fiction of about 500 words. It doesn’t need to be polished and can be an extract of something longer that they’d like to work on, but it provides a jumping off point. No one will be asked to read anything out in front of the other students if they don’t want to.

Time: Wednesdays @ 6.30- 7.45 p.m (weekly) starting 27th January 2021.

Place: Online (Zoom)

Cost: £60 for the 6 classes (or £10 per class). As with her previous course, Elizabeth will be donating 100% of the profits to The Connection at St Martins-in-the-Field.

To register for the course, email: hattie.edmonds@gmail.com

Liz’s Top 3 Writing Tips:

1. Know your characters inside out. If they don’t live in your head, they won’t live on the page.

2. Use all your senses. When setting a scene think beyond the visual. How does it smell, feel, taste?

3. Consider what will keep the reader engaged in each scene you write. Your beautiful writing alone is never enough.

About

E C Fremantle is the critically acclaimed author of The Poison Bed, 'an electrifying, brilliantly executed thriller,' and a Times Book of the Year. As Elizabeth Fremantle she has published four Tudor and Elizabethan set novels: Queen's Gambit, Sisters of Treason, Watch the Lady and The Girl in the Glass Tower. Elizabeth's novels focus on themes of women and power and are linked by her interest in exploring the invisibility of early modern women's lives. She was described by The Bookseller in 2013 as ‘a major new voice in historical fiction,’

She has a 1st in English and a Masters in Creative Writing from Birkbeck, University of London, and has contributed to various publications including The Sunday Times, Vogue, Vanity Fair, The Financial Times and the Wall Street Journal. She has chaired judging panels for both the Historical Writers’ Association Gold Crown for best historical novel of the year and the Debut Crown for best debut novel. Her latest novel, The Honey and the Sting, will be published in August 2020.

Website: elizabethfremantle.com

More Reviews

The Honey and the Sting: 'Fremantle builds the tension with delicious skill in this page-turning thriller. She is excellent on the precariousness of life for history’s powerless women.' The Times

A lush, thrilling page-turner humming with its own exquisite dark beauty. I loved it!' - Eve Chase, author of The Glass House

The Poison Bed: ‘Engaging, vivid and revelling in historical detail'. The New York Times

Wildly entertaining. One of the best historical novels I've read. Huffington Post

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