YOUR TUTOR: MORGEN BAILEY
Buckinghamshire-based MORGEN BAILEY has a multi-faceted career. She writes crime & mystery fiction and non-fiction.
Her 39 published books include crime thrillers ‘One For The Road’, ‘After Jessica’ and ‘Hitman Sam’, a dog detective series, women's fiction, as well as several writer's block workbooks, an editing guide, and diaries for writers. Last but no means least is a series of themed Sunday-Saturday diaries.
She is also a highly experienced guest speaker, creative writing tutor & mentor, a writing workshop host, a publishers’ and freelance editor and a literary competition judge.
What You Can Expect From This Course
In these free-to-view sessions, you will learn the basics of dialogue, points of view (also known as viewpoints), tenses, whether to plot your story or get an idea and run with it, and an introduction to drip-feeding information to your reader.
You will also have free access to twice-weekly live webinars:
Tuesday (7pm UK time): Writing 101 - where you can ask Morgen anything about the writing process and industry.
Thursday (7pm UK time): Editing 101 - where you can ask Morgen anything about the editing process, her day job!
Three of these tutorials are...
Dialogue #1
Morgen emphasizes the importance of mixing dialogue with narration, experimenting with dialogue styles, pacing, and seeking feedback from others to improve writing.
Points of View
Explore varying perspectives to find what works best for your storytelling. Remember to engage the reader and create distinct characters to maintain interest.
Tenses #1
Morgen explains the four tenses, why you might wish to use one rather than another, what is preferred in the industry, and which suit the genres you're writing.
Course Curriculum
- What you can expect from these sessions...
- Dialogue #1 - An Introduction to Dialogue (10:50)
- Points of View #1 - An Introduction to Points of View (8:10)
- Tenses #1 - An Introduction to Tenses (7:48)
- Plot or Pant - Do you plot your story or get an idea and run with it? (7:54)
- More is More #1 - An Introduction to Drip-feeding Information to your Reader (7:00)
Author Spotlights
Also available as a free-to-view area of this academy are author spotlights where Morgen chats with a variety of authors about:
#1 Them and their writing
#2+ Their books (one session per book)
Courses Available
Below are the courses, bundles and coaching sessions currently available, with more coming soon.
