Sara Grant discusses her systematic approach to editing and shares practical tips and simple exercises to help you improve your short story.

About this Event

The Ultimate Guide to Editing Your Creative Writing

Sara Grant discusses the systematic approach to editing she’s developed over the last 20 years as a writer, editor, lecturer and mentor – which is the focus of her new book The Ultimate Guide to Editing Your Novel: A revolutionary approach to transform your writing, published by Bloomsbury. She’ll share a series of practical tips and simple exercises to help you improve your short story. The event will conclude with a Q&A.

The national u3a Short Story Competition is back.

u3a members are invited to use their creative writing skills and write a story with a maximum of 1,500 words. Sara will be helping to judge the competition:

“I was honoured to be asked to judge u3a’s short story competition this year. I look forward to being inspired and amazed by u3a writers and their stories.” — Sara Grant

About the Speaker

Sara Grant is the author of The Ultimate Guide to Editing Your Novel: A revolutionary approach to transform your writing, published by Bloomsbury. She also consults part-time as Storymix’s talent manager. Dark Parties, her first YA novel, won the SCBWI Crystal Kite Award for Europe. Publishers in the US, UK and Europe, including Scholastic, Little, Brown and Orion, have published ten of Sara’s books for children/teens. She recently placed third in the Crime Writers’ Association Margery Allingham Short Mystery Competition She’s taught master’s courses on writing for children/teens at Goldsmiths University and the University of Winchester. She co-founded Undiscovered Voices – which has launched the writing careers of more than a hundred authors.

The Ultimate Guide to Editing Your Novel: a revolutionary approach to transform your writing – This book is a lifeline for both new and experienced writers, itis an invaluable diagnostic tool that provides practical workbook exercises and examples perfect for:

• Interrogating your idea
• Enhancing your plot
• Scrutinising characters, chapters and scenes
• Analysing sentence and word choice
• Honing your unique voice
• Writing with sensitivity for young readers
• Polishing your manuscript for submission

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