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    12-week online writing course begins Monday 20 September 2021. Crime fiction is the biggest-selling genre in the UK and this course will help you to incorporate its building blocks into your own writing. Join Femi Kayode to explore the genre’s themes and appeal, looking at creating credible worlds and characters, developing and structuring […]

24-week course begins on Monday 20 September 2021. Join acclaimed short story writer Lynne Bryan for a six-month, in-depth online writing course. Designed in partnership with the University of East Anglia, you will receive one-to-one feedback on your writing and complete practical exercises in plot, character, dialogue, description and editing – all working towards a […]

  12-week online writing course begins Monday 20 September The course is the perfect introduction to writing fiction for new writers and anyone wanting to write more regularly. Over 12 weeks of inspirational teaching, exercises and assignments you will receive personalised feedback on your work and learn how to write short stories. Classes are capped […]

  12-week online writing course begins Monday 20 September 2021. Join us on a journey into the transformative world of poetry. You’ll read inspiring poets, explore how poems take shape, and begin to create and share your own work with a friendly supportive group. Classes are capped at 15 places to ensure a high-quality experience. […]

  12-week online writing course begins Monday 20 September 2021. Do you want to tell your own story? Life stories have resonance for others and are a gift to be shared. In this course, led by Jenn Ashworth, author of Notes Made While Falling (New Statesman Book of the Year) and Ghosted: A Love Story, […]

   12-week online writing course. This course is an all-encompassing introduction to scriptwriting and is designed for writers who are just starting to explore scripts. You will learn the mechanisms of working across a variety of script forms: TV, film, theatre and radio. You’ll discover ways to generate ideas and turn them into stories, how […]

    12-week online writing course begins Monday 20 September 2021. Historical fiction is one of the most popular literary forms and one of the most varied. A historical novel can be a war-story, a romance, a whodunit, a tense socio-political drama, a quest or a pursuit. It can be a tightly focussed personal confession.  […]

Creative and sensitive reading is a must-have addition to any writer’s toolkit. Learn how Forward Prize-winning poet Vahni Capildeo draws inspiration and technique from the books that they love. This friendly online session is perfect for anyone who writes poetry or is interested as a reader in how the process works – especially if you […]

Take your writing to the next level and discover ways to make your novel or short stories stand out with this friendly, supportive, ten-week intermediate course led by expert tutor and published writer Ian Nettleton. Ian has been leading sold-out fiction courses at NCW for a number of years. Through a combination of group discussion […]

Looking for advice on how to finalise, edit and polish your work? Ready to take your writing to a more sophisticated level? Our Advanced Fiction online sessions with Ian Nettleton are the ideal choice for more experienced writers with a project in mind, or for anyone seeking a new and exciting creative challenge. Ian has […]

Are you age 70+ (or know someone who is) and would like to develop the skills to tell your life story? ‘A Life Written’ is a course of six weekly life writing workshops in which participants are guided through decisions, spark points and themes to help consider their own lives, acknowledge their own interesting experiences, […]

Voice and point of view are a crucial aspect of writing memorable characters and compelling stories that spark the reader’s imagination. In this friendly online workshop multi-talented writer, speaker and performer Olumide Popoola will share techniques for honing narrative voice in your fiction.  Through a mixture of informal whole group and small group discussion, along […]

  12-week online writing course Discover the core techniques for writing creative non-fiction, be it a biography, reportage, nature writing or another of the many flourishing forms within this exciting field of writing. Whether you have started to write and would like help moving forward or simply have an idea you’d like to explore, this […]

Join Lynn Buckle, experienced tutor and author of What Willow Says and The Groundsmen (époque press), for an online workshop exploring how to integrate positive climate solutions into your writing. Lynn teaches regular creative climate writing courses for youth and adult writers and facilitates the climate writers’ group at the Irish Writers Centre, gathering writers […]

Writing and movement can seem like polar opposites: one begins with language and the head, the other direct from the body. Join YA author Sally-Anne Lomas and multi-disciplinary arts producer Sam Ruddock for an online workshop which will help you bring mind and body together. Through writing activities and simple exercises (accessible to all) will explore […]

  Be the first to know This course will return in the future. To join the notification list for this course please email learning@nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk. Award-winning poet Helen Ivory will be your guide through this next level course, designed for poets keen to push themselves further. Through experimentation, challenge and feedback, you will produce new work […]