The Professional Writing Summer School 2010 will be taught entirely by successful practising writers and will cover areas ranging from telling compelling stories and creating convincing fictional characters to copywriting for business and pitching ideas for feature articles and non-fiction books. The summer school runs in the week of 5-9 July at University College Falmouth.

Tutors running one-day workshops for the Professional Writing Summer School are:

Tim Pears, whose first novel, "In the Place of Fallen Leaves", won both the Hawthornden Prize and the Ruth Hadden Memorial Award and whose latest, "Blenheim Orchard", was described by The Daily Mail as “a brilliantly insightful family saga, full of comedy and sadness”.

Susannah Marriott, a freelance writer and editor who has published 20 non-fiction books on subjects ranging from complementary medicine to folklore.

Jane Pugh, who has worked as a script editor at both the BBC and Carlton Television, on series including Peak Practice and Ballykissangel, and has also written several short dramas for Channel 4.

Oliver Bennett, a prolific features journalist and travel writer whose work appears regularly in national magazines and newspapers including the Guardian and the Daily Telegraph.

Piers Alder, Head of Content at Duttons, a leading branding agency working with many major UK and international brands, and a partner at digital marketing agency Raww.

Both summer schools will be taught at University College Falmouth’s attractive Woodlane campus in central Falmouth in the week of 5-9 July. Places on each school are limited to 16 and cost £380 (not including accommodation).

Links:
The Professional Writing Summer School 2010