{"id":5838,"date":"2024-02-29T10:16:53","date_gmt":"2024-02-29T10:16:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/montylitfest.com\/?page_id=5838"},"modified":"2024-03-12T08:35:29","modified_gmt":"2024-03-12T08:35:29","slug":"2024-saturday-1230pm-writers-workshop-1-tim-pears","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/montylitfest.com\/?page_id=5838","title":{"rendered":"2024 Saturday – 12:30pm Writer’s workshop #1 Tim Pears"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Writer’s workshop #1:<\/span><\/p>

Creating characters with Tim Pears<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Date: Saturday 8th<\/sup> June 2024<\/strong><\/p>

Venue: The Den at The Dragon Hotel<\/strong><\/p>

Time: 12.30-1.30pm<\/strong><\/p>

Tickets: \u00a310.00<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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The ability to create convincing and three-dimensional characters is at the heart of any fiction writing. So how can you get them right?<\/p>

In this session, the first of two over the Festival weekend designed for writers and aspiring writers, Tim Pears offers tips on how to vary, and intensify, the ways we describe people in our stories to depict their character and\/or personality.<\/p>

It\u2019s the chance to learn from a top author and creative writing tutor. Spaces are limited (20 people maximum), so grab your notebook or laptop and book your tickets now.<\/p>

\u00a0<\/strong>Tim Pears<\/strong> is a prize-winning and critically acclaimed writer. His debut novel, In Place of Fallen Leaves <\/em>was awarded the Hawthornden Prize and the Ruth Hadden Memorial Award. His second, In a Land of Plenty<\/em>, was made into a ten-part drama series for the BBC. Other novels include A Revolution of the Sun, Wake Up, Blenheim Orchard, Landed<\/em> and Disputed Land<\/em>, his West Country Trilogy, set before, during and after the First World War, and 2023\u2019s Run to the Western Shore<\/em>.\u00a0 He is an experienced creative writing tutor and mentor and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. He lives in Oxford.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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\u00a0 Writer’s workshop #1: Creating characters with Tim Pears Date: Saturday 8th June 2024 Venue: The Den at The Dragon Hotel Time: 12.30-1.30pm Tickets: \u00a310.00 The ability to create convincing and three-dimensional characters is at the heart of any fiction writing. So how can you get them right? In this session, the first of two …<\/p>\n

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