Creative writing courses
Explore our fantastic range of part-time, evening and weekend creative writing courses, from complete beginners right upto workshops for seasoned authors. You can try your hand at writing for children, poetry, autobiography, fiction writing, playwriting and more! Creative writing is one of London's most popular classes, so please book early!"I thought (my course) was brilliant, really relaxed and very clear. I like how (the tutor) led us into writing and then discussed what we had done afterwards, so it never felt too daunting."
Anon, Ways into creative writing
Watch current students performing their own work at City Lit's Between the Lines creative writing event.
From gold medallists to award-winning authors, view our creative writing student stories.
To find out more about our creative writing courses, contact us on 020 7492 2652 or email humanities@citylit.ac.uk
- A taste of creative writing
- Advanced autobiographical writing
- Advanced critical workshop for creative writers
- Autobiographical writing
- Autobiographical writing continuation
- Autobiography into fiction
- Biography writing
- Comedy sketch writing
- Comedy writing for TV: the mechanics
- Creating fiction
- Creative non-fiction
- Creative non-fiction: a taster
- Crime writing: an introduction
- Developing your writing
- Exploring creativity: from words to stories
- Exploring fiction
- Furthering your creative writing
- How to structure a poem
- How to write fiction
- How to write novels
- How to write short fiction
- Introduction to novel plotting
- Joke writing
- Novel writing
- Novel writing workshop
- Paths through poetry
- Playwriting: a taster
- Playwriting: an introduction
- Playwriting: stage 1
- Playwriting: stage 1 (continuation)
- Playwriting: stage 2
- Poetry in the making
- Poetry in the making with John Stammers
- Reading for writers
- Screenwriting: an introduction
- Screenwriting: stage 1
- Screenwriting: stage 2
- Short story writing: daytime
- Short story writing: evening
- Television screenwriting
- Television screenwriting: an introduction
- The creative writing hot pot
- The power of the pen
- Ways into creative writing
- Ways into creative writing: an introduction
- Ways into poetry
- Write a short story in a weekend
- Write nonsense! From Alice in Wonderland to Spike Milligan
- Writers' club
- Writing a short film
- Writing children's books
- Writing children's books (continuation)
- Writing children's books workshop
- Writing comedy for TV or film
- Writing comedy scripts
- Writing comedy scripts stage 2
- Writing comic prose
- Writing fiction
- Writing for children
- Writing for children (continuation)
- Writing for children workshop
- Writing for children: a taster
- Writing for children: the picture book
- Writing for the city
- Writing low-budget feature films
- Writing satirical comedy
- Writing song lyrics: a taster
- Writing your family biography
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- Drawing and painting from life
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- Painting
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- Beginners
- Business and copyright
- Computer based photography courses
- Documentary and photojournalism
- Exhibiting your photographs
- History, theory and talks about photography
- Lighting and studio techniques
- Photographing London
- Photography and contemporary art practice
- Portfolio and project creation
- Printing courses
- Taking photography further: general
- Taking photography further: specialist
- Traditional techniques
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- Acting - advanced
- Acting - follow-on
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- Acting short courses
- Arts administration
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- Communication courses for speakers of other languages
- Communication skills for business
- Dance and movement
- Directing
- Drama teaching
- Drama therapy
- Internet broadcasting
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- Performance skills
- Professional skills for actors
- Professional theatre company
- Stage combat
- Technical theatre
- TV, radio and sound
- Voice, speech and communication
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- Music
- Cello
- Clarinet
- Classical guitar
- Flute
- Instrument playing
- Instrumental ensembles
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- Music access course
- Music appreciation
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- Piano and keyboards
- Record your performance
- Recorder
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- Ukelele
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- Alexander technique
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- Psychology, counselling & personal development
- English, maths & ESOL
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Contact us
Humanities
Tel: 020 7492 2652
Advice times:
During term-time Monday 12.30–13.30 and 17.30–18.30 Thursday 12.30–13.30 and 17.30–18.30
Non term-time Monday 17.30–18.30 Thursday 12.30–13.30.
To enrol on a course, call 020 7831 7831.
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