It’s that time of year again – autumn always seems to be the favourite season of writers. Our inner nerd must associate the cooler air and autumn leaves with the wide-open prairies of unused exercise books. And we’re off! Not that there are as many leaves left to turn orange and fall round here after […]
I still can’t get over the fact of a literary agency charging £649 for a daylong course called How To Get A Book Deal. We all have to earn a crust, but I thought literary agents did that by taking a commission for selling author’s books. There are some very good courses run by agents […]
Welcome to the Andrew Wille Writing Studio. Approach – some of my inspirations as teacher and editor. Editorial & Mentoring – information on editorial and mentoring services that I offer. Classes & Events – scheduled workshops, seminars and outside events. Teaching Areas – topics I offer as classes to individuals, groups, or institutions. Endorsements from […]
Andrew Wille is a generous, warm, funny and brilliant teacher. His gifts lie in the near-ground (how do sentences work?) and also the far (how do we stay connected to the vision or image or possibility that seeded our writing in the first place?). Andrew has helped me to trust my imagination, and to […]
Kellie Jackson has posted a Q&A on her blog for our 24 November masterclass The Craft of Voice. It’s voice that matters most in writing for me. It’s voice that draws us into a story at the start, and it’s voice that keeps the pages turning. When I was an editor working in-house, it was […]