Creative Writing Courses

April brings you a smorgasbord of creative programmes, from our flagship Creative Writing Course, to a Saturday workshop focusing on the lessons we can learn from My Octopus Teacher, to a free [...]

It’s become one of the most frequently repeated phrases in the film industry, traded among writers of all stamps, derided by the cognoscenti, while it continues to offer guidance to storytellers [...]

The Hero’s Journey is the paradigm for story-tellers of all sorts, whether your focus is screenplays, short stories, novels or (and perhaps especially) memoir. And now, for the first time, we’re [...]

Most writers start off as readers, and lovers, of good books. In his recent Monday Motivation blog posts, Richard has been sharing the lessons he has drawn from a reread of Tolstoy’s Anna [...]

Beginnings are exciting because you’re establishing the characters you’ve been developing, and, launching your great ideas. Middles are hard work because you need to keep people interested [...]

Join our virtual weekend course from which participants will emerge with the first draft of a short story.   We will encourage and mentor you through the process of developing story, from [...]

If you’ve never had the time for a writing course … there’ll never be a better moment than this. In response to a number of requests, we’re starting a new online Creative Writing Class on Monday [...]

Roll up, roll up, for the All About Writing August jamboree. We’re celebrating you, our writing community, next month, by giving you a week filled to the brim with free offerings. Festivities [...]

Explore the mysteries and the craft of creating story with a group of like-minded souls in that most charming of Cotswold market towns, Stow-on-the-Wold. Far from our everyday preoccupations and [...]

A year is much like a book. It’s easy to begin with enthusiasm. More difficult to keep your writing goals from “sagging in the middle” of the year. Our flagship courses will give you practical [...]

Explore the mysteries and the craft of creating story in that most charming of Cotswold market towns, Stow-on-the-Wold. Join a group of like-minded souls for the weekend of 7 to 9 June. Far from [...]

The new year could see you undertake the creative adventure of your life – and if you sign up for either—or both!—of our two signature courses before 31 December, we’ll knock ten per cent off the [...]