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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 Nicola Upson, author of the Josephine Tey books, to explore the genre’s themes and appeal, looking at creating credible worlds and characters, developing and structuring story and building page-turning, tension-filled […]

  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 and have a better sense of how to assess your poetry objectively. Over 24 weeks, you will be guided through the landscape of […]

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 at 15 places to ensure a high-quality experience. Book […]

  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. Book quickly to secure your place. This course is […]

  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 award-winning writer Monique Roffey, you’ll gain the confidence to write your own story, develop an understanding of how memoirs are put together, and the ways shame and taboo […]

Discover the core techniques for writing a non-fiction book, be it a biography, a memoir, reportage 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 course will give you […]

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 to write dialogue and how […]

Master the art of nature writing in this three-hour online workshop with Mark Cocker, one of Britain’s most celebrated authors and naturalists. Mark is the author of A Claxton Diary: Further Field Notes from a Small Planet and has been writing a regular ‘Country Diary‘ column for the Guardian since 1988, so this is a […]

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 online 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 […]

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 […]

Writing about your own experiences, or the lives of others, is a rewarding and compelling creative practice. Join multi-talented author Lucy Wadham (The Secret Life of France, Greater Love, and Castro’s Dream) for a friendly and insightful two-hour online workshop exploring the exciting genre of life writing.  Through a mixture of timed writing exercises and […]

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 arts producer Sam Ruddock for an online workshop which will help you bring mind and body together! Through writing and movement activities you will: Explore how breath, posture, and […]