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Open Right

Christian White: When to open the door and when to barricade it

Session Info:

In his book On Writing, Stephen King says: ‘Write with the door closed; rewrite with the door open.’ Christian uses this metaphor to explore the steps he took to write an award-winning manuscript and, more importantly, the steps he took to get it published.

* Writing in isolation

* Collaboration (killing your darlings)

* Writing competitions

* Character vs plot

* Life after a publishing deal – how it all works

* Mistakes I’ve learned from so you don’t have to