Is there a true story that only you can tell? This course is designed to provide you with the skills you need to turn experiences, recollections and real-life phenomena into literary works that are enjoyable and accessible to a wider audience.
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Accredited courses include undergraduate and postgraduate level courses.
Through this online course, you will become confident in writing convincing dialogue and gripping narrative, and in creating situations and characters with which young adults can identify.
How can poetic form help you to turn the passion and intensity of life into memorable expressions? This course is for anyone who would like to start to write, or to write better, poetry.
Join us in Oxford for an inspiring and informative weekend event exploring the essentials of writing prose fiction, including the four key pillars of character, dialogue, description and narrative structure.
A practical course covering all aspects of novel writing from character creation and story development to final edit.
This course is for those who would like to write but don't know how; who tried once and gave up; or who already write but would like to improve; and for readers who have no desire to write but want a different perspective on how fiction works.
Immerse yourself in your writing and hone your craft in the inspiring surroundings of Oxford with this three-week transformative summer school held at Exeter College. or aspiring and experienced writers.
Enter the world of fantasy writing and learn to craft compelling imagined worlds. This hands-on course explores world-building, character, and story craft, guiding beginners and experienced writers alike from inspiration to finished narrative.
Everyone has an interesting life story, and this course will enable you to present your own. In this practical summer school we shall learn about the pattern of ourselves so that we may present it to others.
Our hands-on workshop will explore short-form writing – long valued by readers, writers and publishers. 'Writing short' provides writers (beginning and experienced) with an ideal vehicle for creativity, with a focus on style, experimentation and editing.
Have you ever been moved by a poem and wondered, 'how did the author do that?' This course offers an introduction to the foundations of poetry, exploring rhythm, rhyme and structure from both practical and theoretical perspectives.
Explore eco-feminist dystopias and utopias that challenge how we live and imagine galvanizing visions of the future. Themes such as spirituality, indigenous writing, separatism and apocalypse will be considered.