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Courses lasting 12 weeks

Courses lasting 12 weeks (16)

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Novel Writing

Writing a Novel Summer School

Re-immerse yourself in the craft of the novel and continue – or rediscover – the momentum and camaraderie of our world-famous course.

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Advanced

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London

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12 weeks

Tutors

Richard T. Kelly, Shelley Weiner, Nikesh Shukla, Sarah May

By Application

Start Date

Wednesday 02 Jul 2025

Application Deadline

Sunday 01 Jun 2025

£1495
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Fiction Development, Novel Writing

Getting Started: Beginners' Fiction

Everything you need to call yourself a writer – discipline, craft skills and a great group of people to work with – in one online writing course experience.

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Starting out

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Online

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12 weeks

Tutors

Kirsty Logan, Ashley Hickson-Lovence

Start Date

Monday 23 Jun 2025

1 more start date available

£395
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Fiction Development, Novel Writing

Kickstart Your Novel

Take your writing to the next level, and develop both the technical skill and the narrative momentum to really get stuck into your novel.

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Improving

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Online

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12 weeks

Tutors

Marcel Theroux

Start Date

Monday 23 Jun 2025

£595
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Non-fiction

Writing Creative Non-Fiction

Bring your non-fiction alive in this intensive twelve-week course with critically-acclaimed writers Helen Jukes and Marianne Brooker.

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Improving

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Online

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12 weeks

Tutors

Helen Jukes, Marianne Brooker

Start Date

Tuesday 15 Jul 2025

£795
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Non-fiction

Memoir and Life Writing

How to write a life – let alone your own? Spend three months in expert company, asking and answering the questions that a memoirist needs to answer.

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Improving

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Online

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12 weeks

Tutors

Lucie Brownlee

Start Date

Tuesday 15 Jul 2025

1 more start date available

£850
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Drama, Fiction Development

Writing Drama: Script for Stage and Screen

Hitchcock asked, "what is drama but life with the dull bits cut out?" This course will show you how to craft sizzling scripts for stage or screen.

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Improving

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Online

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12 weeks

Tutors

Michael Wynne

Start Date

Monday 21 Jul 2025

£795
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Non-fiction

Creative Non-Fiction

Do you have a true story to tell? Learn how to craft narrative non-fiction with award-winning author, Rebecca Giggs.

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Starting out

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London

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12 weeks

Tutors

Rebecca Giggs

Start Date

Tuesday 16 Sep 2025

£1095
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Fiction Development, Novel Writing

Getting Started: Beginners' Fiction (Daytime)

A twelve-week creative writing course for beginners. Playful, serious and fun, it asks what writing is and why we do it.

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Starting out

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Location

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London

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12 weeks

Tutors

Sue Gee

Start Date

Wednesday 17 Sep 2025

£1095
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From author interviews and writing tips to creative writing exercises and reading lists, we've got everything you need to get started – and to keep going.