Westbourne Book Binge - Jane Corry – How to write an un-put-down-able, page-turning thriller that makes the best-seller lists!

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Do you love reading page-turning, cunningly plotted thrillers that test your powers of deduction? Ever thought you might turn your hand to writing in this genre? Here’s your chance to meet a writer who’s done precisely this and learn from the best. 

In Jane’s workshop you will learn how to: Structure a plot with twists; Create the “Unreliable Narrator”; Find your unique voice; How to keep the pace going; Use both the first and third person to maximum effect; Explore dynamic dialogue; Put your reader in the setting; Approach an agent; Find a publisher, and how to win competitions.

Devon-based Jane Corry is a Sunday Times best-selling novelist published by Penguin; her  books include My Husband’s Wife, Blood Sisters and The Dead Ex, the latter being published in June 2018.

Her background is in journalism and she has written for a wide variety of women’s magazines as well as The Times, The Daily Telegraph and the Mail on Sunday.  She was also a tutor in creative writing at Oxford University, a Royal Literary Fund Fellow at Exeter University, and is a regular life story judge for the Koestler Awards given to prisoners for art and writing.