Craft focus courses for creative writers
Give key elements of your writing the special attention they deserve on our range of craft focus courses. Look in detail at subjects including plot, character and dialogue, and learn to take your own work to the next level.
Our craft focus courses are suitable for those with some experience of creative writing. Online and face-to-face courses are available.
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Craft focus: grammar, syntax, and style for creative writersGreat 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 £229.00 Senior fee £229.00 Concession £149.00- Craft focus: character in fictionIn fiction, character and plot are inseparable elements of craft. Without characters there can be no action or plot. In this short course you will learn how to create characters that can drive a narrative forward and deepen its themes.Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £51.00
- Craft focus: introduction to novel plottingExplore 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 £249.00 Senior fee £249.00 Concession £162.00
- Craft focus: novel plotting workshop (advanced)
Gain fresh insight into your novel's plot in this advanced course, designed to help you find a structure that showcases the story you want to tell. Suitable for those with a novel in progress (at least 30K words).
Please note: sessions include a 1-hour break.Keeley Street
Sun 18 Apr 2027Rosie ChardFull fee £249.00 Senior fee £249.00 Concession £162.00 - Craft focus: how to edit your novelOnce your story is on the page, the editing process begins. Where do you start and what skills do you need? This course guides learners through the editing of a story or manuscript, exploring approaches to making line edits, improving narrative structure and more.
Keeley Street
Sat 22 May 2027Sarah LeipcigerFull fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £97.00
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