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Here you will find a variety of Creative Writing courses, tutorials, help sheets and other products that can be emailed to you, for you to easily download onto your own device. You can then work at your own pace and return to favourite exercises and helpful information as many times as you like.
To purchase any product please email: [email protected] and let me know which product you would like to buy.
Enjoy browsing!
To purchase any product please email: [email protected] and let me know which product you would like to buy.
Enjoy browsing!
Descriptive Text & imagery course
This popular Creative Writing course is a four session series of masterclasses looking at various techniques and exercises to open up and improve writing skills, work with metaphor and imagery, create flash fiction texts and narratives to given themes and word counts as well as free writing.
Session 1: Focus is on Building Blocks of Writing Session 2: Focus is on Metaphor and Imagery Session 3: Focus is on Similes and the Senses Session 4: Focus is on Continuing Work on the Senses Approximate course duration 8 hours Format: Written exercises with explanations Extra handouts/worksheets Audio sections Video sections Research links Further opt-in (extra payment) individual review/editing/coaching sessions via email or/and Zoom or in-person meet up available by request Course cost: £80 Email: [email protected] to purchase. |
Short Story course
The Short Story course focuses on work on character, voice, atmosphere and plot and further creative writing expansion techniques. You will also read published short stories for reflection and understanding format and focusing on the necessary elements for you to produce a final draft of a 1000 word short story.
Session 1: Focus is on Building Character Session 2: Focus is on Show Not Tell and Writing Voice Session 3: Focus is on Voice and Planning Your Own Short Story Session 4: Focus is on Writing then Evaluating Your Own Short Story Approximate course duration 8 hours Format: Written exercises with explanations Extra handouts/worksheets Audio sections Video sections Research links Further opt-in (extra payment) individual review/editing/coaching sessions via email or/and Zoom or in-person meet up available by request Course cost: £80 Email: [email protected] to purchase. |
Advanced creative writing course
The Advanced Creative Writing Course is an intense 4 session course with higher level creative writing exercises and reflection points to strengthen description, atmosphere and imagery; you will also work on several key topics such as contemporising myth in writing, symbolism and strengthening editing skills by working on review and critique.
Each week you will look at a different subject whilst continuing to learn various techniques and methods through exercises and grammar play – particularly using and adapting Borges techniques. Session 1: Contemporising myth, finding the personal links to given stories; looking at the existing plots and motifs in such stories and mimicking/re-writing them. Also looking at, discussing and using Cavafy's Ithaca. Session 2: Symbolism and surrealism in writing. Session 3: Review and critique: how to write non fiction creatively. Session 4: Write your own Creation Myth. Looking at the 5 given plots of worldwide creation myths and writing your own birth of a new world. Approximate course duration 10 hours Format: Written exercises with explanations Extra handouts/worksheets Audio sections Video sections Research links Further opt-in (extra payment) individual review/editing/coaching sessions via email or/and Zoom or in-person meet up available by request Course cost: £100 Email: [email protected] to purchase. |
Dreams & Writing course
"And though we seem to be sleeping, there is an inner wakefulness that directs the dream, and that
will eventually startle us back to the Truth of who we are." - Rumi This intensive 4 session Creative Writing course looks at how to use the alchemy of our own dream tapestry to weave into our creative writing. We can use our dreams to work on theme, characters and archetypes, dramatic structure and plot. We also look at how Jung dealt with dreams and drama, Dreamtime totems and the dreaming of landscape. Each session you will look at a different subject whilst continuing to learn various techniques and methods through exercises and grammar play. Session 1: Focus is on The Dreamtime and You Session 2: Focus is on Dream Characters Session 3: Focus is on Living With A Dream Session 4: Focus is on a Love Letter to the Landscape Approximate course duration 10 hours Format: Written exercises with explanations Extra handouts/worksheets Audio sections Video sections Research links Further opt-in (extra payment) individual review/editing/coaching sessions via email or/and Zoom or in-person meet up available by request Course cost: £100 Email: [email protected] to purchase. |
Hypatia herstory course
This Creative Writing course explores Hypatia, the woman, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher. You will work principally on perspective of narrative – building in research and division of story ie point of view.
In each session you will look at a different subject whilst continuing to learn various techniques and methods through exercises and grammar play. Session 1: Focus is on Hypatia and her environment Session 2: Focus is on point of view Session 3: Focus is on re-imagining Session 4: Focus is on writing and reviewing your 1000 word narrative Approximate course duration 12 hours Format: Written exercises with explanations Extra handouts/worksheets Audio sections Video sections Research links Further opt-in (extra payment) individual review/editing/coaching sessions via email or/and Zoom or in-person meet up available by request Course cost: £120 Email: [email protected] to purchase. |
Cartography of self course
A Creative Writing course of 5 sessions exploring the theme of The Cartography of Self. We will be paying attention to your own arrival and departure points, psychogeography, archetypes, myths and realities, hindrances and helps and to do so we will use a blend of writing exercises, discussion, research, video capture, map making and other diverse routes and rites.
Each session we will look at a different subject whilst continuing to learn various techniques and methods through exercises and grammar play. Session 1: Focus is on Journey & Mapping Session 2: Focus is on Myths, Reality & the Journey Inside Session 3: Focus is on Reaching Out to the Stars & Capturing Character Session 4: Focus is on Your Voyage, Allies & Monsters Session 5: Focus is on Arrivals & Departures Approximate course duration 12 hours Format: Written exercises with explanations Extra handouts/worksheets Audio sections Video sections Research links Further opt-in (extra payment) individual review/editing/coaching sessions via email or/and Zoom or in-person meet up available by request Course cost: £120 Email: [email protected] to purchase. |
Mindfulness & creative writing tutorial
Use some key points of mindfulness practice to open up your creative writing using focal points such as body awareness, gravity, ambience and the senses. Through five exercises you will create scenarios and characters moving from descriptive text and use of 3rd person and 1st person. You will get a 40 minute video tutorial plus a PDF with five self paced writing exercises.
Tutorial cost: £20 Email: [email protected] to purchase. |
Point Of No Return tutorial
Create scenarios and characters triggered from the theme of the point of no return. This 40 minute writing tutorial explores the point of no return as a plot device and as a singular meditation of moment. You will get a 40 minute video tutorial plus a PDF with information and five self paced writing exercises plus links for you to further research.
Tutorial cost: £20 Email: [email protected] to purchase. |
Myth Of Inspiration audio
A helpful 15 minute recording by the writer and teacher Linda Cleary on the myth of inspiration and how to work through common challenges and blocks. This audio recording covers many aspects of challenges common to all writers at any stage of their experience such as lack of inspiration, procrastination, running out of fuel, incomplete plot, self criticism, time management and more - and tips to resolve and to write! MP3 audio cost: £10 Email: [email protected] to purchase. |
checklist GuidesThese helpful multi-page PDF guides have been made with you, the writer, in mind. There are 5 guides in total:
- General Copy Edit Checklist - Voice & Speech Marks Guide - Formatting & Typesetting Ready for Submission Guide - Initial Reach Out to Agents & Publishers Guide - Typesetting for Layout for Self Publishing Guide Guide x 1 cost: £5 Buy all 5 guides for £20 Email: [email protected] to purchase. |
