You may be at early stages of a first draft or working through the fifth draft; Eva will discuss any aspect of your work with you – be it the text itself, the driving ideas behind it or how to research agents and publishers, and point you to networks, resources and opportunities.

Eva will read a 3000 word extract plus your synopsis in advance and meet with you for sixty minutes of discussion. This kind of session is particularly useful for opening pages of novels, for short stories and talking through the key challenges and features of your idea.

If you are not able to do either the dates or times available please contact [email protected] and we will try to arrange an alternative date.

Access Notice

• This 1-2-1 is auto-captioned.

• If you require BSL interpretation to take part, please email us at [email protected] 3 weeks before and we will try to secure BSL interpretation for you. Spread the Word will cover this cost.

• All our online sessions except one-to-ones have scheduled breaks. However, you are welcome to take breaks during a one-to-one and at the start of the session we’ll ask if you’d like to do this. (You can still have an hour’s discussion time plus the breaks, or shorter if you prefer.)

• We can create adapted handouts for writers attending our workshops, one-to-ones and events by request.

• Our online workshops and events take place on Zoom. As standard, we will send the weblinks to participants a week in advance. If you require the dial in phone number, email us [email protected] and we can send it through to you. Please take a look at Zoom’s accessibility info: https://zoom.us/accessibility/faq#faq1

If you have additional access needs, please contact us at [email protected] and we will support you to participate in this 121.

Discounted rates
London Writers Network members receive a 10% discount on Spread the Word’s paid programme of activities, and access to two free specially programmed London Writers Network events a year. You can find out more about the London Writers Network scheme here. If you are a London Writers Network member please login to receive your discount.

To see if you are eligible for a concessionary rate, please take a look at our concessions policy.

If you’d like to read our terms and conditions before booking, you can do so here or you can view them at the bottom of every page of our website.