"It’s such a confidence trick, writing a novel. The main person you have to trick into confidence is yourself. This is hard to do alone".  – Zadie Smith

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Let's get together and learn how to write the perfect beginning. 

Whether you've already written your novel/short story or you're starting something afresh, this is the perfect workshop to hone your style, tone, tempo, and general approach. 

We'll be looking at everybody from Zadie Smith to John Cheever, Francois Sagan to Katherine Mansfield, Chimamanda Ngoze Adichie to Jorge Luis Borges. 

We'll be looking at what agents and publishers might want from the opening chapter.