Louise Tondeur

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About Louise Tondeur

After doing a Creative Writing MA at The University of East Anglia in the noughties, Lou Tondeur published The Water’s Edge and The Haven Home for Delinquent Girls with Headline Review, did a PhD, travelled around the world, started a family, and became a Creative Writing lecturer. Since then she has supported countless numbers of writers through mentoring and editorial feedback. Unusual Places, her first short story collection, came out in 2018 and she is currently working on her next novel. Lou lives near Brighton on the sunny south coast of England, teaches for the Open University, and blogs at: www.louisetondeur.co.uk

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How to Write: How to start, and what to write if you don’t have any ideas (The Small Steps Writing Guides Book 1) Apr 23, 2018

by Louise Tondeur

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Ready to begin? How to Write is a short, alternative guide to starting to write that packs a big punch. By practising these proven techniques, you’ll no longer think of yourself as a beginner and finally find the courage to master the craft of writing.

Over the course of the book, you’ll be introduced to seven writing techniques. By practising them, you’ll discover what to write when you first start, and learn how to:

get some words written,
grow in confidence,
think creatively,
conquer your fear of the blank page,
to let go of judgement and self-criticism,
come up with interesting ideas,
collect source material for your writing projects,
design your own writing prompts.

This book is made up of practical writing activities without the extra fluff. Like all the Small Steps Writing Guides in the series, How to Write is based on two principles. One, you can take any big project, goal or task and break it down into smaller and smaller steps until it becomes doable. Two, if you take small but specific actions regularly enough, they'll have a snowball effect. That means, using the writing prompts in How to Write, you can take small steps towards achieving your writing goals today.

“Louise is one of the most inspirational lecturers I have ever worked with” – former student.

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How to Write a Novel and Get It Published: A Beginner's Guide to Novel Writing (The Small Steps Writing Guides Book 3) Jun 23, 2017

by Louise Tondeur

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Do you have a story inside you waiting to get out? Use this effective step-by-step approach to turn your dream of becoming an author into reality.

Brimming with ideas but struggling to fill a page? Afraid you’ll start another book only to file it away with other half-finished projects? Overwhelmed and in need of a productive plan that will keep you sane? Accomplished wordsmith, speaker, and editor Louise Tondeur has spent over two decades helping countless creative writing students move past self-doubt and hit the ground running on their literary journey. Now she’s here to show you how to take your vision and break it into manageable steps so you’ll stop staring at an empty screen and type “The End” on a polished manuscript.

How to Write a Novel and Get It Published is your easy-to-digest guide for building confidence and flourishing as a storyteller. Packed with tips for developing skills one step at a time while demystifying the process, Tondeur breaks down every detail using bite-size paragraphs and hands-on exercises. And by practicing these proven techniques, you’ll no longer think of yourself as a wannabe and find the courage to master the art of crafting compelling fiction.

In How to Write a Novel and Get It Published, you’ll discover:

Ways to use the Problem Technique to harness rising stakes and keep folks turning the pages
Why learning to create authentic characters that readers adore is the key to gaining fans
Fun examples using Cheesy Rom-Com Research to help spice up your narrative
How to establish a writing habit and flexibility that will take you all the way to the finish line
An underused tool aimed at getting that story wrapped up, a beginner’s guide to publication, a twelve-page resource kit, and much, much more!

How to Write a Novel and Get It Published is your essential handbook for converting small, actionable goals into big achievements. If you like down-to-earth advice, knowledge delivered with a healthy dose of cheerleading, and a fluff-free crash course suited to beginners, then you’ll love Louise Tondeur’s powerful game-changer.

Buy How to Write a Novel and Get It Published to open the first chapter in your bestselling future today!

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How to Think Like a Writer: for Creative Writing Students and Their Tutors (The Small Steps Writing Guides Book 4) Sep 18, 2017

by Louise Tondeur

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This book is aimed at undergraduate and postgraduate Creative Writing students and their tutors. Arranged into weeks, the book contains enough material for a 2 x 10 week programme, plus additional workshop material to help students think differently about creative careers and being a writer in the world. If you are not on a course, the tools in this book will help you to establish a writing habit, especially if you need help getting over fear of the blank page.

How to Think Like a Writer introduces you to a writer’s toolkit, a set of tools that you can use to generate words and connect with your creative side. These tools will help you to accept and confront your internal censor or judge and to develop a writer's mindset.

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Find Time to Write (The Small Steps Writing Guides Book 2) Jun 19, 2017

by Louise Tondeur

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Ready to fit writing into your life? Discover some of the best time management and productivity writers out there and kickstart your writing habit today.

Think of Find Time to Write as a habit formation system. You don’t need to start with an idea. You need time and space to write, and you need to show up regularly. Find Time to Write will help you do exactly that. If your life is so overcrowded you’re wondering how you’re ever going to find time to write, then this book is for you. If you simply want a set of powerful time management resources, this book is also for you.

All the small steps writing guides are based on two principles. One, you can take any big project, goal or task and break it down into smaller and smaller steps until it becomes doable. Two, if you take small but specific actions regularly enough, they'll have a snowball effect. That means, using the time management techniques and writing prompts in Find Time to Write, you can start taking small steps towards your writing goals.

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Drama Lesson Plans for Busy Teachers: 40 Ideas for drama that will bring the curriculum to life Aug 8, 2017

by Louise Tondeur

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All four books in the series include lesson plans and ideas sheets for busy teachers. In this first book you’ll find the following four sections: Foundational Drama Skills, Storytelling, Communication, and Using Props and Costume. You’ll also get a bonus section on putting on a radio play using the Babushka story. There are forty sessions in this book, divided into four sections, enough material for you to run one drama session a week over the school year (plus the bonus section). You can turn the lesson plans and the individual activities into one off sessions, or use them to build schemes of work. They're flexible, so you and your students can add your own topics, learning objectives, stories, or ideas throughout.

‘Pick up and teach it’ drama sessions

Drama is both a teaching method and an art form. You’ll find it is an accessible way into most topics. You can use it to teach English, PSHE, history, or science. You can use it introduce stories – and every topic has a story attached to it if you delve deep enough. You can also link up with other disciplines to inspire Creative Arts projects and Drama is good for teaching important skills such as self-confidence, body awareness, collaborative working and self-expression. You can even use Drama to bring maths or computer programming to life.

Unusual Places Sep 10, 2018

by Louise Tondeur

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Grandma’s stories, ‘…would always start in the place where we were,’ and so it is with Unusual Places. Human remains are concealed in the Greenwich Tunnel in a world where London is a prison; a market is the setting for sexual and sensual awakenings; a professional picnicker finds love. Louise Tondeur’s stories skip along, rich with detail and musical prose, only to trip us up with turns and surprises: the unusual lurks in the most ordinary of places.

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Drama Lesson Plans for Busy Teachers Book Two: Improvisation, Rhythm, Atmosphere May 24, 2018

by Louise Tondeur

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You'll get a set of Drama lesson plans and ideas sheets with activities suitable for most age groups, although most applicable to 11 to 14 year olds. In this second book in the series you’ll find the following sections: Improvisation, Rhythm, and Atmosphere. You’ll get access to a scheme of work on Foundational Drama Skills and a whole set of activities on introducing Shakespeare. There are forty sessions in this book, enough material for you to run one drama session a week over one school year. You can turn the lesson plans and the individual activities into one off sessions, or use them to build schemes of work. Plus, they're flexible, so you and your students can add your own topics, learning objectives, stories, or ideas throughout.

‘Pick up and teach it’ drama sessions

Small Steps Guide to Goal Setting and Time Management, A Sep 3, 2012

by Dr Louise Tondeur

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A Small Steps Guide to Time Management and Goal Setting is a no-nonsense guide to discovering goals and making them concrete. It is ideal for goal setting for health, career, study, family, finances, travel or leisure. Written for those who want a straightforward guide to getting their dreams on track, with special sections for those who lack motivation or who never seem to have time, readers have access to the small steps method website for further tips and advice.

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