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Why choose this course?
Whether you’re a complete beginner, looking to write more regularly, or hoping to sharpen your fiction-writing skills, this inspiring workshop course will help move your writing forward.
Through a mix of interactive group work and individual exercises, you’ll learn the essential building blocks of successful fiction writing, including creating compelling characters, developing plots, writing authentic dialogue, and crafting believable settings.
Topics include:
- Finding and developing ideas
- Character creation
- Plot and structure
- Dialogue
- Research
- Setting and location
Weekly writing assignments will help you put your learning into practice and build confidence as a writer.
Please note that this course focuses exclusively on fiction writing and does not cover poetry, scriptwriting, or screenwriting.
Meet Your Tutor:
Sue Walker is a Penguin-published novelist and former investigative television journalist with over 20 years of professional experience. As an experienced creative writing tutor, she has helped many writers develop their skills and achieve their goals.
Classes are on Wednesdays, 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Further information
Suitable for adults aged 19+ with no previous writing experience.
- Suitable for beginners and writers wanting to improve their fiction-writing skills.
- Covers the core elements of fiction writing through workshops and practical exercises.
- Learn how to find and develop story ideas.
- Create compelling and believable characters.
- Understand plot development and story structure.
- Write authentic and engaging dialogue.
- Use research effectively to support your writing.
- Develop realistic settings and locations.
- Complete weekly writing assignments to build confidence and practice skills.
- Focuses exclusively on fiction writing (not poetry, scriptwriting, or screenwriting).
You can enrol our Creative Writing Advanced course.
There is no formal assessment for our adult leisure courses, your work will be reviewed during each class by the tutor.
Please bring a notepad and pen with you to your first lesson. Your tutor will advise your tutor will advise if you require any further equipment or material for the remainder of the course.