Learn to read a crime scene – and write the perfect murder.
This deep-dive interactive course runs over a month. On Day 1 you join police advisor Graham Bartlett at a virtual crime scene. Hour by hour the investigation unfolds, with you at the heart of the story from first 999 call to arrest, making sense of the clues and formulating responses. While gaining authentic procedural knowledge, you complete a series of writing assignments, planning and plotting the perfect murder investigation. Along the way you’ll gather invaluable practical craft techniques that inject more authenticity and drama into all your crime fiction.
Over the four weeks meet our guest CSI Kate Bendelow, to build your behind-the-scenes knowledge, and behavioural analyst Lesley McEvoy, to understand what motivates a killer and how to build the ultimate antagonist. At every stage we’ll look at ways to surprise your reader and get more professional when writing police procedure.
You’ll work in a small group of writers, guided step by step by Graham, who gives detailed feedback on your assignments each week, plus insider insight into crime scene identification, forensics, developing a cast of authentic characters, and writing gripping arrest and interview scenes.
You can enrol as a standalone, or join as part of our Crime Bundle.
Not on UK time? Everything’s hosted in our online classroom accessible 24/7 – so you can join us from anywhere in the world and watch back recordings after the live sessions.