This beautiful gift is for writers at any stage, whether you're just starting out or know exactly what you want to write. It's a full writing course, packed with information, support, advice, ideas and tools to help you focus your writing and share it with the world. It includes a 6-month subscription to Writing Magazine and a beautiful notebook in which to record your thoughts and ideas on the go, or as you listen to the accompanying MP3 CD.
Full of inspiring, creativity-boosting suggestions, you'll not only learn how to write with confidence but also discover how the publishing industry works, who does what, and how decisions are made. Discover the tips, tricks and insider secrets that will help you fine-tune your creative writing - and launch your publishing career.
Includes:
· Chris Sykes' Complete Creative Writing Course - the 368pp book
· Complete Creative Writing Course - the audio accompaniment to the Complete Creative Writing Course book.
· The Insider's Guide to Publishing - full of tips and insights (Features the key content from Teach Yourself's Get Your Book Published and Get Started in Self-Publishing)
· Deluxe notebook for when inspiration strikes
· 6-month subscription to Writing Magazine
ABOUT THE SERIES
The Teach Yourself Creative Writing series helps aspiring authors tell their stories. Covering a range of genres from science fiction and romantic novels to illustrated children's books and comedy, this series is packed with advice, exercises, and tips for unlocking creativity and improving your writing. And because we know how daunting the blank page can be, we set up the Just Write online community, at tyjustwrite.com, for budding authors and successful writers to connect and share.
Nigel Watts was born in Winchester in 1957. He spent two years in Japan where he wrote a large part of THE LIFE GAME, his first novel. This was awarded the Betty Trask Award in 1989 and was followed by BILLY BAYSWATER in 1990, which was shortlisted for the Mail on Sunday-John Llewellyn Rhys Prize. Nigel Watts has a PhD in Creative Writing from the University of Warwick. He is married and divides his time between Dorset and Richmond
Stephen May is a teacher of Creative Writing, former Director of the Arvon Centre at Lumb Bank, one-time scriptwriter for Emmerdale and respected author. His second novel, 'Life! Death! Prizes!' was shortlisted for the 2012 Costa Novel Award.
Jodie Daber has a Masters in Creative Writing, is the author of several published short stories and has just completed her first novel.
Kevin McCann is a published poet and freelance writer and was previously lecturer in Creative Writing at Liverpool University.
Tom Green is the editor of Writers Guild Magazine and website, he wrote and produced their supplement of self-publishing, and he is also a published scriptwriter.