A workshop is so much more than just a lecture.
Feedback. Encouragement. Skills. Friends.

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As a professional trainer, I take my workshops very seriously. If you don't leave feeling like you've learned something new and grown in confidence over which way to go, then I haven't done my job properly!

You'll get technical instruction, professional feedback from an industry insider, and make some amazing new contacts along the way.

Testimonial

We are all well impressed with Jill's class style. I do a lot of workshops in large corporate groups and I can't think of a better 'best practice' example than the way Jill ran these sessions – interactive, varied, energetic.

Suitable for all would-be children's writers, from those who haven't yet started to the practiced author who is switching genres. This is an intensive 2 day programme which looks at all aspects of writing for children:

• from picture books to young adult
• from getting started, to polishing ready to send off to the publisher
• from the educational market to trade
• from New Zealand to New England and everywhere in between

• Age ranges
• Voice
• Character development
• Plotting devices
• The children's market

A one-day seminar giving you all the key information you need to complete your picture book. All attendees will receive a free copy of Jill's e-book, How to Write a Picture Book, and can discuss projects with Jill.

• Standard layout
• Illustration
• Showing not telling
• Relating to age
• Who you are writing for
• Publishing

A fun seminar on what it takes to get published – with some serious words of advice.

Covering all aspects of writing a novel with the ultimate aim of getting published.

• Writing in different genres
• Finding your writer's 'voice'
• Developing plots and characters

• Literary versus commercial novels
• Writing dialogue
• Technical and stylistic issues