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How to pitch your novel to agents

Read all of the top tips from our incredible event with New Writing North, as part of our Discoveries new...

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How to silence your inner critic

Are you feeling the itch to start writing? Or perhaps you already have a work-in-progress but your inner critic is...

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Top tips before you submit your debut novel

Top tips from author and 2022 Discoveries judge Ayisha Malik and literary agent Viola Hayden on how to submit your...

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Your Novel and How to Get Started

Our pioneering writing development programme Discoveries is completely free to enter and invites unpublished women writers from the UK or Ireland to...
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Kate Mosse: On Writing and Getting Published

The Women’s Prize Discoveries programme was created in partnership with Curtis Brown and Audible to support and promote new unpublished...
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‘Feel the fear and take the step, anyway’: Discoveries 2021 judge Abi Daré

Bestselling novelist Abi Daré was part of the inaugural judging panel for Discoveries 2021, our writing development programme. Discoveries 2022 is...

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How to edit your novel

Discoveries team member, experienced editor and Curtis Brown literary agent, Lisa Babalis gives us some invaluable insights on how to...

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Ten Tips for Writing Dialogue

Discoveries team member and Curtis Brown associate agent, Viola Hayden talks us through how to write dialogue that will help make...

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