Join bestselling author Sophie Hannah for an inspiring talk on how to thrive as a writer. How do you retain full control over your writing journey? How do you massively increase your chances of success? How do you avoid unnecessary suffering as a writer and make sure your definitions of success and failure aren’t working against you?

Whether you’re new to writing or already accomplished, Sophie will show you how to become your own best ally throughout your writing life. 

The format of this event is a Talk/Seminar. There will be opportunities to participate in the discussion, but no exercises that you’ll need to write for, nor any preparation required. 

Topics covered will include:

• The 'Impossible Results' Model and how it can help you
• The all-important role of 'capacity work'
• The crucial difference between confidence and self-confidence
• How to massively increase your chances of success
• How to change incorrect, unhelpful and limiting beliefs
• How to avoid unnecessary suffering as you pursue your writing goals
• How to thrive in the face of the psychological and emotional challenges that life as a writer can bring
• What to do when you feel scared, confused, overwhelmed or stuck
• How to retain full control over your writing dreams and journey, instead of giving your power away to the first agent or editor who shows an interest in you
• How to make sure your dreams, and your definitions of success and failure, aren’t working against you
• How to be your own best and most powerful ally and advocate

Meet Sophie

Sophie Hannah is a Sunday Times, New York Times and Amazon Kindle No. 1 bestselling crime writer whose books have sold more than five million copies and are published in 51 countries.

She is the author of the new series of Hercule Poirot mystery novels, and won the UK National Book Awards Crime Novel of the Year prize in 2013, and the Dagger in the Library Award for her body of work in 2023. Her murder mystery musical movie, The Mystery of Mr E, is available on Amazon Prime and Apple TV.

Sophie is an honorary fellow of Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge, and the founder and coach at Dream Author Coaching where, since 2019, she has helped thousands of writers to achieve greater success and happiness in their professional and personal lives.