Writing Creative Non-Fiction

Creative Non-Fiction is a genre as capacious as it is shape-shifting. In this twelve-week, co-tutored course, we’ll throw our scope wide – interrogating what we know and how we know it, and how to write striking, memorable true stories. Digging into the foundational elements of creative nonfiction writing, we’ll grapple with practical and theoretical questions of truth, trust and purpose, and find novel ways of exploring aspects of the world that matter to us most through writing.

You'll spend twelve weeks with critically-acclaimed writers Helen Jukes and Marianne Brooker, who will help you to engage deeply with published works and your own research material; to follow what fires your imagination, and develop creative and critical approaches to your craft. Each fortnightly workshop will be based around a themed reading list and writing exercises, traversing forms and disciplines.

Between sessions, supplementary resources and writing tasks will help you to build your understanding and technical skills; you’ll also have the opportunity to submit and respond to each other's work in online forums, and be invited to attend a dedicated 1:1 tutorial with one of your course leaders. This tutorial will offer time to reflect on your own practice and the publication process, and to receive feedback on a 5,000 word piece of your own choosing.