Short courses

Summary

Anyone who has been writing for a while will know the famous Samuel Beckett quote, “Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.”  And it’s true, learning to write really does take a lot of self-determination! However, more feedback, encouragement, expertise and inspiration can also help you bounce back. As activist, poet and memoirist Maya Angelous says, "Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better." Feeding your practise by learning more with a like-minded community of practising writers can really help take your writing to the next level. 

Join this intermediate level practice-based course to build on your previous writing experience, refresh your existing practise and develop further in your journey as a writer.  Explore a broader range of writers and multiple forms of writing to rejuvenate and improve your style overall. And learn how to give and take feedback better, as well as reflect upon and refine your work to engage readers more. 

Over a series of talks, close-readings and challenging writing exercises, our expert tutor will explain: 

• More in-depth techniques, structures and features of multiple forms of creative writing, with 5 weeks dedicated to each type: short-story, novel, poetry and creative non-fiction/life writing. 
• how to hone these techniques in your own writing 
• how to more confidently share what you’ve written and improve with more detailed mutual feedback 
• how to reflect on your own creative decision making and style 

You will also have the chance to discuss and reflect on what you learn with other students and the tutor in seminars. 

Choose this course if you want to learn: 

• more about what makes short stories, novels, poetry and creative non-fiction/life writing work 
• more intermediate techniques, skills and behaviours to rejuvenate your practise, create new work and refresh your commitment to writing 
• how to more confidently share your work and improve with mutual feedback 
• (for those who submit for assessment) how to improve with written feedback, how to reflect on your writing process and how to build your own editorial skillset