This practical course is designed for beginners and will accommodate the expressed needs and interests of the students. The unit of study is short prose - fiction and non-fiction. However, non-prose writing will be included to explore different considerations and techniques. Build on your understanding and enjoyment of writing by developing theme, plot, structure, settings, characterisation, dialogue and editing.

Best-selling novels and stories have a depth that readers may not be able to explain, but they can feel. This is what makes them memorable and creates classics. Come and explore mythic storytelling, archetypal stories and characters, and discover how to use these in your writing.

Scenes are the building blocks of a story. Learn the fundamentals of what makes a strong, effective, interesting scene, and how to create the various scene types of your novel or short story needs.

Known as THE RULE for writers. The one you cannot break. But what does it mean? Discover why showing is so important, and how to do it well using a variety of effective tips and techniques. Also, how to identify the times when telling is not only acceptable but necessary.

Think storytelling is just for books? Think again. Learn how to craft compelling content for Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, and beyond. Explore micro-stories, serial narratives, and transmedia techniques. This class contains practical exercises using mostly free tools to help you understand how to combine text and video and audio to create stories people will notice, follow, and share.

Why do some stories grip you from the first page while others fall flat? The answer often lies in pacing, emotion and tension. This class explores how these elements work together to shape compelling stories. Learn practical ways to control rhythm, raise stakes, layer emotion, build suspense, and keep readers turning the pages in any genre.

Nowadays both traditional and self-published writers need to understand marketing. This course will help you build your platform both online and in the real world, and create a marketing plan to suit your needs and your budget. Suitable for writers of fiction and non-fiction.

One of the most compelling reasons authors write fantasy is to transcend the limitations of the real world. Life is replete with boundaries - physical, social and psychological. By constructing alternate worlds, writers can explore what lies beyond these boundaries, asking "what if?" in the truest sense. This six-hour course is designed to guide participants through the core elements of writing compelling fantasy fiction.