Writer to Writer
with Rob Doyle
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Summary
Course code: RD2
30 mins to 1 hour mentoring session
For Intermediate to Advanced Writers
Limited sessions available
Selective entry – we’ll offer places to writers who show promise
Dates
Book a 30 mins to 1 hour session between 31 January 2022 to 29 April 2022.
Venue
TBA
Learning Outcomes
During a Writer to Writer session (30 mins to 1 hour) with the Visiting Writer you will:
- discuss your writing aspirations with an experienced writer in an encouraging environment
- obtain general advice from an experienced writer on your writing project
- obtain specific practical advice on aspects of the art and craft of writing, writing technique & your writing challenges
- obtain help on shaping your approach to your writing life
- understand what it takes to be a professional writer
Please note the one-on-one consultation is not a manuscript assessment.
Who should register?
Writers including:
- Intermediate Writers — Writers who have chosen to pursue writing as a full time or part time career with a serious, professional intent but who are not yet published with a mainstream or recognised independent publisher, or
- Advanced Writers — Writers who have published at least one book with a mainstream or recognised independent publisher, and/or published in at least one literary journal and/or anthology
Participants will be selected by the Visiting Writer with assistance from the Asia Creative Writing Programme. A waiting list will be maintained.
Registration and Pricing
Course Prerequisites
To sign up, please register at the link above with the following documents:
- A 500 word writing sample
- A short summary of your writing project of ~100 words
- A short biography of ~100 words
Those accepted for a session with the Visiting Writer are encouraged to send a short list of questions beforehand to soh-ACWP@ntu.edu.sg
Course Fees
- For each 30 min to 1 hour session:
- $25 for adults
- $10 for students, unemployed, low income migrant workers
- Free for undergraduates from Singapore teritiary institutions
- Non refundable if cancellation after payment
- Please email us if financial assistance is needed
About Rob Doyle
Rob Doyle’s third book, THRESHOLD, was published by Bloomsbury in 2020, and was shortlisted for the Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year. Doyle’s debut novel, HERE ARE THE YOUNG MEN, was published in 2014 by Bloomsbury and the Lilliput Press. It was selected as one of Hot Press magazine’s ‘20 Greatest Irish Novels 1916-2016’, and has been made into a film starring Dean Charles Chapman and Anya Taylor Joy. THIS IS THE RITUAL, a collection of short stories, was published in 2016 to widespread acclaim. Rob Doyle is the editor of the anthology THE OTHER IRISH TRADITION (Dalkey Archive Press), and IN THIS SKULL HOTEL WHERE I NEVER SLEEP (Broken Dimanche Press). He has written for the New York Times, TLS, Vice, Sunday Times, Dublin Review, Observer and many other publications, and throughout 2019 he wrote a weekly column on cult books for the Irish Times. His next book, Autobibliography, will be published later in 2021.
Other Courses & Events with Rob Doyle
Advanced Creative Writing
A 13‐week undergraduate course designed to give participants experience and support in the development of a sustained writing project towards publication or production standard.
Creative Non-Fiction and Autobiographical Writing
In this four‐week workshop series students will read and discuss sample texts from an exciting and varied field of writing that includes autobiography, essay, literary journalism, travel writing, diary, epistolary writing, autofiction, and other styles that can be grouped under the broad label ‘creative non‐fiction’.