This workshop is open to writers of all genres and all levels of experiences. Email victoria@thereaderberlin.com to sign up.
Whether you’ve got a full draft, an outline, or just an idea for a novel, this workshop will help you on your way.
Over seven weeks, we’ll be looking at process, plot, structure, characterisation, revision and talking about great beginnings, impossible middles and nailing that ending. We’ll discuss classic texts from a range of genres and boil down what makes for an effective scene. There will also be exercises aimed at your developing an outline for your novel. Along the way, Victoria will share everything she knows about the publishing industry and you’ll learn how to go about finding an agent for your work.
Alongside readings, discussion, writing exercises and homework, you’ll have the chance to develop and then pitch your novel idea in our very own “writers room”.
Places are limited. Email victoria@thereaderberlin.com to sign up.
VICTORIA GOSLING is a British author. In 2021, her debut novel BEFORE THE RUINS was published by Serpent’s Tail (UK) and Henry Holt (USA). It was a LitHub “Most Anticipated” book of 2021, received a star in Publisher’s Weekly, and was positively reviewed in The New York Times and The New York Review of Books. Her second novel BLISS AND BLUNDER was published by Serpent’s Tail in 2023 and was a Guardian Book of the Day, a TLS Summer Pick and a Grazia Summer Read. She is the recipient of a Hawthornden Fellowship and was awarded a research stipend by the Berlin Senate. Victoria is the founder of The Reader Berlin and the Berlin Writing Prize. Since 2011, she has been teaching workshops, mentoring writers and providing manuscript assessments. These days, she divides her time between Britain and Germany.