Organising Chaos: Turn a Messy Draft into a Publishable Novel

Name: Organising Chaos: Turn a Messy Draft into a Publishable Novel
Start: 2026-04-25T15:15:00+01:00
End: 2026-04-25T16:15:00+01:00
Location: Pavilion Dance South West

Schedule

Sat Apr 25 2026 at 03:15 pm to 04:15 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

Pavilion Dance South West | Bournemouth, EN

How to self-edit your book without losing the plot.
Organising Chaos is an updated version of the very popular talk Sophie Beal (Cadence Publishing) and Gary Dalkin (To The Last Word) have given at the previous two Bournemouth Writing Festivals.
Packed with advice on how turn a messy, chaotic draft into a publishable book, it covers both the psychological and the practical aspects of self-editing without losing the plot. Taking a realistic, sometimes wry approach, the talk covers developing a novelist’s mind-set, the ‘big picture’ (structure, characters, plotting) down to getting the fine details right, with lots of helpful, positive strategies for when your writing gets stuck. Get your chaos organised!