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#FutureLearnAsks fiction writing Twitter chat: the highlights

What makes an engaging fictional character? How do you edit and get feedback on your writing? And where do you send your material once you’ve written it? These were just some of the topics discussed in our fantastic #FutureLearnAsks Twitter chat about fiction writing.

Read on to see tips and suggestions from our guest experts Derek Neale, Lead Educator on Start Writing Fiction, Sally O’Reilly, author and lecturer, and Alysoun Owen, editor of The Writers’ and Artists’ Yearbook, and many more great contributions from participants with a wide range of writing experience.

If this has whet your appetite for fiction writing, you can talk in depth with other new writers and learn a whole lot more on the free online course Start Writing Fiction from the Open University.

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