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Prices Single Room (3 nights): £355
 Double Room (3 nights): £340
 Twin Room (3 nights): £340
 Non Residential: £247

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Residential visitors: Ensuite accommodation and all meals (excludes drinks from the bar)

Non-residential: All meals apart from breakfast

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By Phone: Call 0333 456 8580 (please leave a message out of normal office hours and we will phone you back.)

By Post: Please send your booking form to: FAO Mandy Morrison, Farncombe Estate, Broadway Worcestershire, WR12 7LJ

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Writing Features for Magazines and Newspapers (3 nights)

Start: 19th August 2012 at 6:00pm
End: 22nd August 2012 at 2:00pm
Tutor: Judi Goodwin

There is an ever-expanding market for freelance articles and editors are always looking for good material geared to their needs. Whether you want to write to earn extra cash, contribute to a community newsletter, or get publicity for an issue close to your heart, here are all the skills you need to get into print. You learn how to recognise and develop a story, how to experiment with different angles and approaches and market your work. There are plenty of practical exercises and you will come away with a collection of good ideas. Suitable for beginners and more experienced writers, the course runs from Sunday to Wednesday.

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Tutor Profile: Judi Goodwin

Judi Goodwin

Judi Goodwin is a freelance journalist who runs writing and creativity courses for colleges, businesses and communication professionals throughout Britain.  She has contributed to The Daily Telegraph, Radio Times, Homes and Gardens and BBC Woman’s Hour.   More than ten of her students have had books published and many more have sold articles to newspapers and magazines. Judi believes that learning should be fun and takes a whole person approach to training.  Her most challenging assignment was teaching interview skills to Romanian journalists in Bucharest. They spoke no English and she speaks no Romanian.

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