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  1. Craft focus: grammar, syntax and style for creative writers - getting started
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    Weekend
    Course start date:  Sat 10 May 2025 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  William Brady
    Great poetry and prose begin when the writer puts the right words in the right places. Learn how and why the rules and conventions of language matter in this new course, which combines creative writing with a review of essential points of grammar.
    Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £40.00
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  2. Writing and rewriting fairytales
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    Weekend
    Course start date:  Sun 11 May 2025 (and 2 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  KR Moorhead
    Once upon a time there was a City Lit workshop all about writing fairytales. The quest: to inspire writers to pen stories of love, fear, forests, revenge, dragons, witches, kings, queens, frogs and magic.
    Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £40.00
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  3. How to get an agent
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    Course start date:  Tue 3 Jun 2025 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Neil Arksey
    This workshop, designed for authors who have finished their manuscript, offers practical advice on finding and approaching a literary agent.
    Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £40.00
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  4. Create your first poetry collection
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    Weekend
    Course start date:  Sat 7 Jun 2025 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Online

    You've written and workshopped your poetry, and now you're ready to create your first collection. But where do you begin with that process? This workshop offers instruction and advice on putting together your first poetry collection.
    Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £40.00
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  5. Writing poetry: getting started
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    Course start date:  Thu 12 Jun 2025 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Billie Manning
    This short, fun workshop is the perfect starting point for students who are writing for the first time or new to the poetry path. Join us for thought-provoking writing exercises and poetry theory for beginners.
    Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £40.00
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  6. How to pitch your screenplay
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    Weekend
    Course start date:  Sat 5 Jul 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Alan Nixon
    You've worked hard on a screenplay but how do you sell it? This short intensive course identifies tools you can select to create a compelling Pitch Treatment.
    Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £40.00
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  7. Writing flash fiction: getting started
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    Weekend
    Course start date:  Sun 3 Aug 2025 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Lucy Popescu
    A sideways glance: succinct, powerful. This short workshop on the essential components of flash fiction will teach you to tell a complete story in very few words.
    Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £40.00
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  8. Craft focus: introduction to novel plotting
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    Weekend
    Course start date:  Sun 18 Jan 2026

    Location on this date:  Online

    Explore different approaches to novel plotting and learn how to plot your own novel successfully in this short course suitable for those who have begun writing a novel.
    Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £239.00 Concession £120.00
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