Cheshire Novel Prize Editing Course/Advanced Summer School

Registration for this course is now closed until November 2025.

You will need a full draft to participate in the course. Course price: £199.99 per person.

Course Content:

Week One: Flashbacks and half an hour live editing.

Week two: Foreshadowing in fiction and Liposuctioning Flab. Half an hour live editing.

Week three: Increasing the effect on the reader through resonance.  Half an hour live editing.

Week 4: Deep dive into interiority. Half an hour live editing.

Week 5: How to write a blurb and pitch and comp titles. Editing Triage

Week 6 – Wrap Up.

Addition one hour Zoom event with a commissioning editor - Dates TBC. Price includes access to the CNP forum, all materials. recordings and supplementary information.

Please note: Live editing and editing triage is Sara editing work live but not your work. You will be given homework to replicate the live editing Sara does. Editing triage is Sara’s process for editing.

Thursday Advanced Summer School Dates:

Every Thursday from January 16th, 23rd, 30th, 6th February, 13th and 20th February.

Timings 7-9pm UK time


Advanced Saturday Summer School Dates:

Every Saturday from January 18th, 25th, 1st February 8th, 15th and 22nd February

Timings; 1-3 pm

Dates for our additional event of a zoom with a commissioning editor will be confirmed in January. Please note this is a joint event between both groups and all details will be sent out well in advance.

Recordings, materials and supplementary information will be provided via the CNP Forum.

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If you have any questions please email us at entry@cheshirenovelprize.com and allow 3-5 working days for a reply.