Elise Valmorbida

How do we transform experience and imagination into compelling prose? These eight-week courses are designed to develop your creative skills and confidence to write. Here is an opportunity to explore your powers of expression in a critical but supportive environment. Weekly assignments and group discussions will help you to refine your craft, strengthen your narrative voice and understand your audience. Personal tuition and advice will address the writing process, from getting started to getting published. And all the stories in between.

Elise Valmorbida is a graduate in English literature, an experienced teacher and commercial copywriter. Her published works include non-fiction -The Book of Happy Endings (2007) - and three novels - Matilde Waltzing (1997), The TV President (2008) and The Winding Stick (2009). Many of her short stories have been published internationally. She is the script consultant and producer of award-winning Britfilm SAXON (released 2009).  Elise is on the Board of writers' organisation 26 and is External Examiner for the MA in Professional Writing at University College, Falmouth. She is a member of English PEN and The Society of Authors. Find out more at www.word-design.co.uk/books