Home / Programme / Masterclass: What’s Your Story: 5 Steps to Writing a Bestseller – NBC – Is-Sala tal-Kittieba Masterclass: What’s Your Story: 5 Steps to Writing a Bestseller – NBC – Is-Sala tal-Kittieba 19th October, 2023 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM Finding an idea that’s original and fresh is one of the keys to success in a busy marketplace, but how you tell that story is just as important. Understanding creativity, fiction writing techniques and the scaffolding you need to create a strong story house is essential. Sam Blake explains how to adapt the process to give your own work the best chance of success. This event requires participants to register in advance. Vanessa Fox O’Loughlin writes crime as Sam Blake, the multiple No 1 bestseller shortlisted for Irish Crime Novel of the Year three times. Her seventh bestseller, The Mystery of Four, and her recently published YA debut, Something Terrible Happened Last Night, are both in shops now. Vanessa is the founder of Europe’s biggest writing resources website, the award-winning writing.ie, the Writers Ink online writing group, and Murder One, Ireland’s International Crime Writing Festival. Vanessa is a board member of the Society of Authors, and a fellow of the RSA. Having developed a range of initiatives in the writing world, she is a champion for emerging writers, working with agents and publishers both in the UK and Ireland, and spotting new talent. Vanessa joined the Board of the Crime Writers Association in 2021 and takes a dynamic lead in organising National Crime Reading Month. SHARE POST Similar Posts What about the Very First Maltese?: Book presentation and talk by Veronica Veen and Adrian van der Blom – Inanna Publishers – Is-Sala tal-Qarrejja 🇬🇧 8th November, 2025 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM Read More An Evening with Jeff VanderMeer: Interview and book signing – NBC – Is-Sala tal-Kittieba 🇬🇧 8th November, 2025 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM Read More Perfect Your Pitch for the Rights Catalogue: A workshop by Simon Trewin – NBC – Is-Sala tal-Kittieba 🇬🇧 8th November, 2025 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Read More How to Work with Professional Editors: A workshop by Ann VanderMeer – NBC – Is-Sala tal-Kittieba 🇲🇹/🇬🇧 8th November, 2025 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM Read More An Evening with Samantha Harvey: Interview and book signing – NBC – Is-Sala tal-Kittieba 🇬🇧 7th November, 2025 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM Read More Writing Imaginative Fiction: A Masterclass by Jeff VanderMeer – NBC – Is-Sala tal-Kittieba 🇬🇧 6th November, 2025 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM Read More L’editoria indipendente in Italia oggi – Istituto Italiano di Cultura – Is-Sala tal-Qarrejja 10th November, 2024 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM Read More Exploring the East: Marco Polo’s Journey Through Cathay – Istituto Italiano di Cultura – Is-Sala tal-Qarrejja 9th November, 2024 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM Read More Meet the author: Anna-Elisabeth Mayer Reads from Her Novel ‘Kreidezeit’ (2023) – GMC / Dept. of German, UM – Is-Sala tal-Qarrejja 9th November, 2024 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM Read More