Lucy Holland to lead Curtis Brown Creative’s new Writing Fantasy course

Curtis Brown Creative (CBC) has introduced its new Creating Fantasy training course, shown by writer Lucy Holland. It is the most up to date in CBC’s expanding series of on the internet training courses, and follows the increased rate of interest in fantasy stories.

Applicants are welcomed to send the opening 3,000 words of their novel-in-progress, together with a one-page synopsis by 8th September. The course expenses ₤ 960, and CBC is providing a scholarship called the “Development Scholarship for Fantasy Writers with Low Income”, which will certainly honor one writer a complimentary place on the course.

At the end of the training course, trainees will certainly receive support to submit their fantasy novels to the representatives at C&W and to Curtis Brown’s freshly created Sci-Fi and Fantasy department, which released earlier this year.

Applications are currently open for the nine-week training course, which will run from 8th October to 3rd December. The program will certainly provide 15 trainees the possibility to take online mentor classes, workshops and one-to-one tutorials, in addition to a Zoom masterclass with Fathomfolk writer Eliza Chan (Orbit), and her C&W literary representative Alexander Cochran.

According to the organisers, greater than 230 students have actually gone on to get “significant publishing bargains” after taking CBC courses. Dream authors from its previous programs include Sixteen Spirits writer Rosie Talbot (Scholastic), and Megan Scott, writer of The Temptation of Magic (Magpie).

“We’ll be checking out worldbuilding on a character level, in addition to ways in which fantasy can challenge us to create outside our direct experience,” Holland stated. “I’m additionally thrilled to cover preferred subgenres like misconception retellings and romantasy, and how to harness tropes to inform a compelling tale.”

“There’s a massive appetite for SFF titles amongst the CB team and we’re actively searching for new, amazing writers in this field so we couldn’t be happier that CBC will certainly be using their unique, supportive and thoughtful technique to this new course,” claimed Steph Thwaites, head of guide department at Curtis Brown. “We can’t wait to deal with them and aid build the SFF bestsellers of tomorrow.”