Marisa Noelle is available for school author visits for YR7 and upwards as well as career fairs.
Please find some information on what she can offer. Please email her at MarisaNoelle77@gmail.com to request advanced PDFs of first chapters to circulate to students and order forms. Please do get the kids excited about the books, as there is something very special about owning a signed copy. If you’re not sure what a school visit entails or how it wold benefit you, please have a look at The Society of Authors
1 – How to be an Author (with book signing) 45 minutes – 1+ hour
Qualifications
Inspiration
The different paths to publication
Finding an agent
Finding a publisher
Courses and developing your craft
The benefits of social media and finding your tribe
Marketing & PR
Writing prompts
2 – Creative Writing Workshops (with book signing) 45 minutes – 1 hour, please choose 3-4 topics
Inspiration
Creating a good hook & the inciting incident
Interrogating your character (want + need + strength + limitations), life-defining memories
World building
Plotting versus Pantsing (writing a novel on the fly)
Pace & tension
Dialogue
Tropes and cliches
3 – School assemblies – 10-20 mins
Reading for pleasure
About my books
Prices
Please provide food & water!
Assembly session – £120 (excl expenses)
One hour session £150 (excl expenses)
Half day rate (usually about 3 sessions) £350 (excl expenses)
Full day rate (up to five sessions) £500 (excl expenses)