This six-month course has been designed to increase your writing confidence, help you find your voice, and start writing your novel. You’ll find the beating heart of your story and begin working on your first draft. Through close reading analysis and writing exercises, you’ll learn all about plot, structure, setting, character and voice. There will […]
With its criminals, cops, and everything in between, crime fiction is this country’s best-selling genre. But what makes it so popular? And why? What sets it apart from any other genre? And more importantly, how can you write it? This will be a course that covers character, dialogue, landscape and dramatic narrative. It will also […]
Myths and legends are the stories that every other story is made of. At the core of each of the great and enduring stories of the past is a vibrant, timeless and human story. They are our oldest stories, dealing with our deepest concerns. But how can we make use of these ancient stories in […]
The last decade has marked a new Renaissance in children’s fiction. In an era of unprecedented multi-media competition, learning how to write books that capture and keep a child’s attention is more important than ever. On this course, you will delve deep into the history of children’s fiction; learning how it has changed, and how […]
Memoir is no longer the preserve of the rich and famous. We can all write about our lives. Have you been thinking about writing your memoir for some time? Have you made a start but are now struggling to make progress? Would you like to receive warm support, guidance and inspiration so that you can […]
With Nick Hunt, author of Red Smoking Mirror, Outlandish and Where the Wild Winds Are This course is an introduction to writing imaginative and speculative fiction – from sci-fi and fantasy to alternate history. You will learn techniques for world-building and peopling different realities; imagining utopias, dystopias and possible futures; how to write strong characters and structure your storyline; […]
Have you got an idea for a Film, TV drama or animation? Have you ever wondered how TV dramas get made and what goes into distilling drama into compelling, revealing moments? If you’re curious and would like to explore some of the key elements to writing drama for the screen, then sign up for this […]
This is an advanced course suitable for those who have taken the six-month novel course with Raw Writing or a comparable course. Part-payment plans can be arranged if you’d like to pay in three instalments. August 5th – £300 October 5th £300 December 5th £300 Please contact carla@rawwriting.co.uk if you’d like to arrange this. Exeter Phoenix SESSION DATES FRIDAYS […]
With its criminals, cops, and everything in between, crime fiction is this country’s best-selling genre. But what makes it so popular? And why? What sets it apart from any other genre? And more importantly, how can you write it? This will be a course that covers character, dialogue, landscape and dramatic narrative. It will also […]
3 MONTH COURSE November: 4th, 11th, 18th, 25th December: 2nd, 9th 10.30-12 In this course, we will read poets of the twentieth century, including the modernist poet T.S. Eliot (The Waste Land , 1922) and move towards some important poets of the mid-century, the period of Ted Hughes, Philip Larkin, and Sylvia Plath. MORE INFORMATION Participants […]
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