Lucy Brighton in action.
Greetings Writers and Readers!
On Saturday I joined Karen who runs Cleckheaton Writing Group for a day at Shipley to see thriller writer Lucy Brighton.
Lucy had two workshops for the library. In the morning there was Structuring a Killer Thriller. Then in the afternoon there was the Writing as a Business workshop.
The first workshop Lucy spoke to us about what makes a thriller, giving us advice on how she writes and describing the three acts of a novel.
These include:
- Set Up - introducing protagonist.
- Complications - obstacles to overcome.
- Resolution - climax and how the protagonist has acted.
Lucy also spoke about characters and had us writing introductions to our own. Lucy also went over scene planning.
Sadly we had ran out of time but Lucy had provided handy workbooks for us.
It was then time for lunch where a few of the writers, including Lucy and her husband (also called Neil), myself and Karen went to a nice coffee shop called The Bothy where they specialised in breakfast and brunch.
The food was lovely.
In the afternoon Lucy held the Writing as a Business workshop.
This was more about the self marketing side of writing and putting yourself on social media sites, primarily TikTok and the subgenre of Booktok.
Lucy also mentioned YouTube and Instagram.
Lucy gave advice like linking all your media with Linktree and gave a run through of Canva and the importance of mailing lists.
Sadly this also went too fast. Both workshops could have each gone on for a full day each, but they were both informative and Lucy gave great advice.
Overall a fun informative day, especially as I'm getting back into writing.
Check out Lucy's website.
Neil x
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