Online Propel: Editing Your Novel: The Finishing Touches with Brian Langan

Starts: Sat 19 Sept 2020
Time: 10.30 am – 12.30 pm 
Duration: 2 Hours
Cost: €32/€28 Members

Course Level: Professional Development

All remote Irish Writers Centre courses take place on Irish Standard Time (GMT+1)

This workshop is ideal for those who wish to enter Novel Fair 2021

This two-hour online seminar will provide an overview of the editing process for writers who have completed at least one draft of a novel. The seminar will outline how to hone your own fiction writing, focusing on elements such as structure, character, narrative perspective, dialogue, scenes and plot. There will be a particular focus on reader engagement with your story and characters; how to get the most from your opening pages; editing a scene for maximum impact; using perspective to enrich character; dialogue that rings true; honing your prose; and catching errors, anomalies and clichés. There will be an opportunity to submit and ask questions at the end of the seminar.

Brian Langan is a freelance editor and literary agent, and founder of Storyline Editing and Storyline Literary Agency. Brian has over two decades’ experience in publishing, most recently as editor at Transworld/Doubleday Ireland, an imprint of Penguin Random House, where his authors included Donal Ryan, Hilary Fannin, Colm O’Regan and Conor O’Clery. Brian is also a published author.