Plot and narrative structure are the subjects that most often baffle new writers - with good reason - the architecture of your novel will sometimes seem to defy analysis - but in this practical workshop, bestselling author of ten novels Louise Doughty talks you through the principles of story construction, the usefulness of screenwriting models for novelists - and how to fix a plot that's going wrong.
 
Louise Doughty is the author of ten novels, most recently A Bird in Winter, out now in paperback from Faber & Faber UK Ltd. Her previous books include Platform Seven, filmed for ITVX; Black Water, a New York Times Notable Book of the Year; the bestseller Apple Tree Yard, adapted as a hit miniseries for BBC One; and Whatever You Love, nominated for the Costa Novel Award and the Women’s Prize for fiction. She has been nominated for many other prizes including the Sunday Times Short Story Prize and the CWA Silver Dagger, along with creating and writing the hit BBC drama Crossfire. Her work has been translated into thirty languages.