Creative writing courses, In London and Online
Six-month Online Novel-Writing Course with Lisa O’Donnell
Online teaching means you can take part in this highly selective online novel-writing course at times to best suit you.
Six-month London Course With Laura Barnett
Our six-month novel-writing course will help you get the best out of your novel, with intensive teaching and lively input from our agent team in a dynamic environment.
Writing YA and Children’s Fiction With Catherine Johnson
This three-month online course is for those working on YA, Middle Grade or Young Fiction.
Starting to Write Your Novel
Our online creative writing course for all-comers to help you start writing your novel.
Write to the End of Your Novel
Our online creative writing course for all-comers that helps you write the first draft of your novel all the way to the end.
Edit & Pitch Your Novel
Our online creative writing course for all-comers to help you polish up your novel and prepare your pitch package for agents and publishers.
Writing & Illustrating a Children’s Picture Book
Learn how to write and illustrate children's picture books for 2-6 year-olds from leading author-illustrators.
Writing a Children’s Picture Book
Turn your ideas into fully-fledged story-book texts for 2-6 year-olds with advice from a published children's picture book author.
Illustrating a Children’s Picture Book
Want to illustrate children's books? Learn the tricks of the trade from a leading professional illustrator in our online course for all-comers.
Discover our Longer Courses
Our Three- and Six-Month Selective-Entry Courses in London or Online
Highly selective, highly personalised
Our selective-entry courses focus in-depth on your novel-in-progress, with tutor-led writing workshops, one-to-one tuition, dedicated teaching and industry insights.
Connect with authors, publishers & literary agents
The literary agents at Curtis Brown and C+W regularly visit our London courses to meet students. On our online courses, they take part in exclusive Q&A days.
Introducing our 'How to Write a Novel' courses
These three six-week online courses are open to all-comers. Enrol on whichever suits your stage of writing, or take all three courses to go all the way from first idea to finished novel.
Starting to Write Your Novel
Develop your idea, plot and plan your novel, and write a confident opening, with our support.
Write to the End of Your Novel
You’ve started writing but it’s a long way to the end of the first draft. We’ll get you there.
Edit & Pitch Your Novel
Great novels are made in the edit. We’ll help you get the best out of your novel and learn how to pitch to agents.
Expert teaching materials
Each course features teaching videos and substantial notes organised into six modules, specially written and produced by novelist, agent and CBC Director Anna Davis.
Writing tasks and support
Each week you’ll complete writing tasks designed by Anna and get feedback from other students in group discussions, moderated by us. Weekly messages from Anna and our CBC team readers will reinforce the lessons.