Tuesdays, 5-6pm: 3 November 2026 to 26 January 2027
Mondays, 5-6pm: 25 January 2027 to 19 April 2027
Start date by individual arrangment.
Note: During school holidays, half-terms, and bank holidays, no live sessions are held. These weeks are dedicated to independent writing tasks.
Group Course (13 Weeks): £87
Private one-to-one Course (13 Weeks): £360
For 6-month courses, please contact us directly.
Silver is for those aged 15+ years (or in the school year they turn 15).
As part of the payment process, a parent or guardian will be asked to complete a short online form to confirm enrolment. The form will request:
The course consists of 9 hours of live online workshops, 4 hours of independent holiday projects (with email guidance) and a Final Project (a short story or poem).
| Date | Week | Topic & Focus | Academic & Creative Benefit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Date:3 November | Week:Week 1 | Topic:Fiction: Generating Story Ideas | Benefit:Overcoming writer’s block; narrative planning. |
| Date:10 November | Week:Week 2 | Topic:Fiction: Character Creation (Needs vs. Wants) | Benefit:Psychological character mapping. |
| Date:17 November | Week:Week 3 | Topic:Fiction: Worldbuilding | Benefit:Structural planning and immersive writing. |
| Date:24 November | Week:Week 4 | Topic:Fiction: Setting & Atmosphere | Benefit:How location drives plot and shapes behaviour. |
| Date:1 December | Week:Week 5 | Topic:Poetry: Free Verse & Line Breaks | Benefit:Understanding structural intent and visual poetry. |
| Date:8 December | Week:Week 6 | Topic:Poetry: Metre and Rhythm | Benefit:Mastering poetic metre (crucial for unseen poetry exam analysis). |
| Date:15 December | Week:Week 7 | Topic:Poetry: Plosives, Sibilance and Fricatives | Benefit:Advanced phonetic devices to elevate descriptive writing. |
| Date:22 December | Week:Week 8 (BREAK) | Topic:Poetry: Independent Email Guidance | Benefit:Developing independent study habits. |
| Date:29 December | Week:Week 9 (BREAK) | Topic:Life Writing: Memories into Stories | Benefit:Mastering first-person perspective and pacing. |
| Date:5 January | Week:Week 10 | Topic:Life Writing: Sensory Mapping | Benefit:Using the 5 senses to ‘show, not tell’. |
| Date:12 January | Week:Week 11 (BREAK) | Topic:Drafting the Final Project | Benefit:Time management and project execution. |
| Date:19 January | Week:Week 12 (BREAK) | Topic:Final Submission & Reflection | Benefit:Self-evaluation skills. |
| Date:26 January | Week:Week 13 | Topic:LIVE: The Craft of Editing | Benefit:Proofreading, refining and analytical skills. |
Upon finishing the course, we will write and upload a formal DofE Assessor’s Report directly to your eDofE account, celebrating your progress and officially signing off your Skills section.
”I have written so many little wonderful paragraphs about all sorts of things.“
“I think it was all excellently explained, even harder structures like iambic pentameter were clear to me and I enjoyed learning about them.“
“I think the world-building really helped in creating useful ideas that I could tie in with my plot ideas.“
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