Storytelling Mini-Course with Simon Wroe

Find inspiration, build confidence and start your story with beloved CBC tutor and acclaimed author, Simon Wroe

Meet your tutor

Simon Wroe

Simon Wroe’s first novel Chop Chop was shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award, longlisted for Desmond Elliott Prize and the winner of a Betty Trask Award. His second novel Here Comes Trouble was published in April 2017 and was shortlisted for the Everyman Bollinger Wodehouse prize. He writes books and arts reviews for the Economist and features for the Guardian.

Lesson 1 – Character

Learn how to come up with characters, how to make them believable and how to make them compelling for readers.

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Lesson 2 – Openings

This lesson is all about nailing the opening of your story from the set up to the inciting incident.

Start lesson 2

Lesson 3 – Scenes

The final lesson of this mini-course is all about using scenes to convey the action and events in your story.

Start lesson 3

Discover our How to Write Your Novel courses

Enjoying the free mini-course? Why not try out one of our six-week online How to Write Your Novel courses. Enrol on whichever suits your stage of writing, or take all three courses to go all the way from first idea to finished novel.