EXPLORE YOUR IMAGINATION AND COMPLETE YOUR WRITING PROJECT

ADVANCED CREATIVE WRITING COURSES

Finish your manuscript with line-by-line support, encouragement and mentoring from an award-winning writer.

Learn the advanced techniques of editing, final structuring and polishing of a manuscript.

Fast-track your creative writing journey, whether you are writing simply for the pleasure of it, or to get published.

The Advanced Creative Writing Course

Our Advanced Creative Writing Course builds on the skills you acquired in the Basics of Creative Writing Course. Use these skills in more sophisticated ways to achieve mature, polished writing. Open to graduates of the Basics Course.
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The courses below are follow-on courses aimed at completing a full manuscript or anthology.

Advanced Short Story Writing

Our Advanced Short Story Writing Course is designed to guide you step by step to write a collection of short stories for a personal anthology. (Conditions apply.)
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The Advanced Write a Novel Course

Our Advanced Write a Novel Course builds on the manuscript that you wrote in the foundation course. Now complete your manuscript up to 70 000 words with one-to-one guidance from an award-winning writer.
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The Advanced Poetry Course

Our Advanced Poetry Course will take you a step further on your journey towards crafting poems that could be considered for publication by literary journals. Your experienced tutor will teach you how to find your poetic voice, how to edit your own work, and how to become more technically proficient as a poet.
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The Advanced Scriptwriting Course

This advanced writing course provides all the support and structure you need to develop a complete script for film, stage or a TV series.
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The Advanced Memoir Course

Our Advanced Memoir Course builds on the manuscript that you wrote in the foundation course. Now complete your manuscript up to 70 000 words with one-to-one guidance from an award-winning writer.
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Our Creative Writing Students' Published Novels

Many of our creative writing students have gone on to publish their novels, short stories, poetry and children's books. This is testament to their dedication, as well as the calibre of their tutors! Below is a selection of their published books.

Books published by writing course students at The Writers College after completing their writing courses

Our Students Have Been Finalists or Winners in These Global Writing Competitions

Our Writers College students have been finalists or winners in these global writing competitions

Got More Questions?

We would love to help you choose the best course for you. Tell us what style of writing you want to develop and we'll give you some options.