14 years
of helping writers tell their stories
250
former students with publishing deals
Goal: Develop your writing
Get the best out of your writing with Curtis Brown Creative – the only writing school run by a major literary agency. These courses are will help you make real progress with your writing, learn what literary agents are looking for and complete a draft of your manuscript. Join us in London or online.
Writing development courses
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Write to the End of Your Novel
with Anna Davis
Writing Fiction with Kate Mosse
Writing Fiction with Marian Keyes
Writing Literary Fiction with Tessa Hadley
‘David Nicholls was very motivating and generous with his advice.’
Kate McNally
Writer and student of Writing Fiction with David Nicholls
Writing Fiction with David Nicholls
Plot & Story – The Deep Dive
with Laura Barnett
Character Development – The Deep Dive
with Anna Davis
Writing Your Novel – Three Months
with Suzannah Dunn, Cathi Unsworth
‘The best investment you can make in your work-in-progress.’
Sean Lusk
Author of The Second Sight of Zachary Cloudesley and student of Writing Your Novel – Three Months (London)
Writing Your Novel – Three Months
with Charlotte Mendelson
Writing Your Novel – Six Months
with Lisa O’Donnell, Anthony Trevelyan
Writing Your Novel – Six Months
with Ali Shaw
Novel-Writing Summer School
with Jake Arnott
Writing Crime & Thrillers – Advanced
with Sarah Hilary
Writing Memoir & Narrative Non-Fiction
with Wyl Menmuir
‘Wyl gave me valuable tools that I'm using to polish my manuscript.’
Susan A Eames
Writer and student of Writing Memoir & Narrative Non-Fiction
Writing Fantasy
with Lucy Holland
Writing Romantic & Commercial Fiction
with Rowan Coleman
Writing YA & Children’s Fiction – Three Months
with Catherine Johnson
Relationships in Fiction – The Deep Dive
with Laura Barnett
Showing & Telling – The Deep Dive
with Anna Freeman
Dialogue – The Deep Dive
with Laura Barnett
‘The materials were excellent. Definitely worth the cost and time.’
Aaron Parks
Writer and student of Dialogue – The Deep Dive
Try a free online writing lesson!
Get a taste of our online courses and how they are run! Sign up to receive a free creative writing lesson focused on how to start your novel or story with an intriguing opening scene. You'll get video advice, a task and free resource from our founder Anna Davis.
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