This masterclass will set you firmly on your way to being a crime writer. Your tutor – a former police chief superintendent and now crime writer – will guide you through the nature of the genre and its sub genre, understanding the world of crime, villainy and policing, then we will get on to the actual writing. We will work through how to develop gripping characters, settings, how to plot, write authentic dialogue, and craft twists, arcs and endings. Come prepared for a blistering day and armed with all the questions you’ve always wanted to ask someone who’s done it for real and now makes it up for fiction.
The session will be run by Graham Bartlett. After thirty years of policing, whereby Graham Bartlett became Brighton and Hove police’s chief superintendent, a senior homicide detective and a public order and firearms commander, he is now a best-selling crime fiction and non-fiction author, and police and crime advisor. His debut non-fiction, Death Comes Knocking, written with Peter James, was a Sunday Times Top Ten bestseller, and Peter and Graham followed this up with the critically acclaimed Babes in the Wood. Since then, Graham has had three solo crime novels published; Bad for Good (Sunday Times Top Ten Best Seller, Winner of Crime Fiction Lover Editors’ Choice Award 2022 and Nominated for Specsavers Debut of the Year 2022), Force of Hate, and City on Fire. As a police procedure and crime advisor, Graham works with over 200 authors and TV writers (including Peter James, Elly Griffiths, Anthony Horowitz, Ruth Ware, Mark Billingham and the BBC), helping them inject authenticity into their work.
The session will be held at the Jubilee Library in Brighton and will run from 11-5pm with an hour for lunch. The venue is fully accessible, near the train station and bus routes and with plenty of options for lunch (including bringing your own).
The workshop is part of a series of one-day masterclasses held in the summer They are open to existing students on the Creative Writing Programme and other writers looking to improve specific areas of their writing craft.
The summer masterclasses are:
10-4pm 13th June (Kemptown Bookshop, Brighton) Life writing and imagination –Hannah Vincent
10-4pm 14th June (Jubilee Library, Brighton) Timeless Tales : making meaning of myths and writing new ones – Vayu Naidu
11-5pm 15th June (Jubilee Library, Brighton) Writing crime – Graham Bartlett
10-4pm 28th June (online) Exploring experimental fiction – Charlie Hill
10-4pm 29th June (online) Writing Short stories – Henry Tydeman
First year students on the Creative Writing Programme receive two free masterclasses a year as part of their programme fee and can book the free places. Other writers need to pay for a place which costs £65 for the online masterclass and £75 for the in-person one.
Tickets are non-refundable except under exceptional circumstances. If you have any questions about these workshops, please email cathy@creativewritingprogramme.org.uk
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