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Julia Crouch and Heidi Rice – how can NaNoWriMo help write a novel?

Authors Heidi Rice and Julia Crouch and share what they learnt from NaNoWriMo, how it improved their writing and some tips for those looking to take part.

How to deal with THE FEAR that causes writer’s block

The paralysing fear that is a major part of writer’s block is common any point in the creative writing process. Face it head on and you can get past it to finish your novel according to experienced author and writing tutor Lee Weatherly.

Julia Crouch’s essential tips for aspiring writers

Author Julia Crouch gives us the solutions to these dilemmas and more, in her four essential tips for aspiring writers.

Write Advice: author Vanessa Fox O’Loughlin

Vanessa Fox O’Loughlin, better known by her pen name Sam Blake, joined our Writing Crime Fiction Course Director Tom Bromley in the classroom to take questions from our students.

Write Advice: author Lee Weatherly on how to manage time as a writer

Award-winning author Lee Weatherly dropped by our classroom to take questions from our Beginners’ Fiction students.

From mum to Killing It – Asia Mackay’s journey to publication

Asia Mackay was a mum with distant dreams of writing when inspiration struck. With a little guidance from Faber Academy, Asia’s debut novel Killing It is due to be published in July 2018. Here’s how she got there.

10 authors to see at 2018’s Hay Festival

Mo Harber-Lamond explores the 10 most exciting writers on the programme at 2018’s Hay Festival.

Write Advice: author Irenosen Okojie with Faber Academy alumni

Irenosen Okojie discusses drafting, how development agencies like Cornerstones can affect your writing and how she deals with her ‘writer’s fear’.

Write Advice: author Irenosen Okojie

Author Irenosen Okojie discusses research techniques, how she develops her characters and the eternal problem of planning.

How an online editing course helped take my novel to the next stage

Stella Soerensen explains how taking our Edit Your Novel The Professional Way online course has changed the way she writes – for the better.

Shortlist secrets – what award readers really look for

Caroline Ambrose, founder of The Bath Novel Award, tells us what award readers really enjoy to see in submissions.

PWA long reads – Make 2018 the year you write your novel

Bestselling author Heidi Rice successfully completed NaNoWriMo in 2017. Here’s what she learnt from the process.