Getting a Break as a Writer
Neil Nixon
- Region:
- South East
- Notice Period:
- Short (maybe less than one month's notice)
- Type:
- Professional
- Fee:
- Paid: £75+ (additional editorial support for budding writers by negotiation)
- Category:
- Media
- Updated:
- 4th October 2020
- Tagged:
- Writing | Creative Writing | Journalism | Authors
A pragmatic insight into all of the ways someone intending to write for a living might earn money, make contacts and shorten their odds against rejection. I have been writing for publication all of my adult life and spent 20 years combining that with running a university course in Professional Writing (employment that gave me insights into areas of the writing world I'd never thought to inhabit myself). The talk is easily adapted for groups with an interest in writing and can - by negotiation - include practical writing exercises and/or additional work feeding back on writing samples from audience members.
Views: 711 | Enquiries: 1About Neil Nixon
I have been writing for publication since I was a student; a career that has allowed me to explore a number of subjects to the point of being an expert with a fund of stories. At the end of the last century I founded the UK's first higher education course in Professional Writing. Over the years I have written and spoken on a range of subjects but am currently offering talks based on life-long interests and passions. All of these talks are negotiable in terms of length, the range of examples brought into any discussion and the extent to which hard facts and humour are included. More than anything I am happy to negotiate each event to take into account the needs of an audience.
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