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Workshop: How to crack social media as a writer

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Are you a writer? Have you ever wondered if you’re doing social media ‘right?’ My talk at Artful Scribe’s Play on Words festival on October 26 could help you make sense of things. It’s not designed to force you into making lip-synching TikToks when you don’t want to. Instead it’ll help you figure out what you want to say, what platform you want to use to say it, and how to reach the widest possible audience.

This is my first time at Play on Words which takes place in New Milton, Hampshire. I love the informal sociable feel to the event. It’s for readers, writers and lovers of words, which is basically me in a nutshell. Tickets to my talk and others are available here. Alternatively, you can attend the whole day of talks and workshops for just over £25. Pay-what-you-can and pay-it-forward options are also available. If you are planning to come to mine, please do bring a notepad and pen, I’m having great fun figuring out exercises and learning quite a bit myself in the process.

If you’re based anywhere the New Forest I hope to see you there!

Hone your writing skills at the Bournemouth Writing Festival

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It’s so brilliant to have a whole festival dedicated to writing right on my doorstep and to be a part of the second-ever Bournemouth Writing festival! This year it runs from 26th-28th April.

Genre breakfast

I’m kicking off on Saturday morning at 9am by hosting a breakfast meetup for all writers of young adult and teen fiction. I had such a brilliant time last year and met a whole host of wonderful authors (see all the happy smiling faces above.) It’s at Picnic Park Deli, which is a lovely spot, and free to attend. If you fancy dropping in to talk all things YA, even if it’s just to obsess over our favourite YA authors, you can RSVP here.

Jump Around workshop

I’m also thrilled to be running a writing workshop focused on my favourite storytelling devices. Jump Around is for anyone who loves switching POV or hopping into different timelines in their stories, which is an excellent way of messing with your reader’s heads… but sometimes hard to do without making your own head spin. So please join me for a time-bending, narrative switching hour of fun on Sunday afternoon at 4.30-5.30pm at Pavilion Dance.

I was lucky enough to attend the festival last year and it was so much fun. Workshops, talks and other events are run on a pay-as-you-go basis, so there’s no big ticket fees and you can pick and choose what you’d like to do. You can find a full programme here.

Hope to see you there… I also hope the weather’s nice for the beach writing sessions!