The Courses and Workshops

Whether you are a first time writer or more experienced, the courses are designed to inspire, clarify and expand on your writing.

The locations are selected for their appeal and grounding in local life so there’s lots of opportunity to meet people and immerse yourself in the region

The Courses –Five days fulltime or half days (either mornings only or afternoons) Basic Journalism covers

• Feature writing
• Travel writing
• Self editing
• Looking at potential markets (Submitting your work Good for writing an article and for a general look at journalism)

Life and journal writing
Sourcing the memory
Transferring experience into words
Using a mix of imagination and the “real “
Looking at how writers have approached this form of writing
Useful as a jump off point for fiction or as an article.

Creative Writing

• Intro to what is creative writing
• Looking at excerpts from authors and their approach
• Experimenting with dialogue, and different forms of writing
• Using notes, journals as a stepping stone (Good for starting a novel, writing poems, and short fiction)

Morning sessions are full of writing exercises, points for discussion and brain storming ideas for writing. Afternoon sessions are given to concentrated writing and personalised tuition.

We will always take a short trip to a nearby town/village which can be an incentive for more writing inspiration.

Weekend Workshops have proved popular with people who are based locally and work/study during the week, for those who want a taster or who are writing to deadline. They offer the opportunity to invigorate ongoing writing projects or inspire new projects. These workshops concentrate on one or two themes and follow similar patterns to the other workshops.

"When the courses and workshops started three years ago, I was teaching basic journalism, however the exercises have proved excellent for all kinds of writing. It is great to see people enthusiastically get into writing poems, memoirs, life history and short stories".
Alison Fleming, tutor

Tailor made courses are available on request

Email and Skype sessions as follow up can be arranged.