One of the things I find so great about the Getting Started course is having fellow students look at my work with fresh eyes and an objective viewpoint. It enables them to zoom in on areas I have not been happy with and give suggestions/provide alternatives that immediately work.

This class has been wonderfully thought out and offers a great deal. I was delighted to see that we can stay in touch with the other writers in the group afterwards.

I am loving the Getting Started course; the content and structure are excellent. I am learning as much from reading everybody else’s work and critiques as I am from writing — and from trying to form coherent critiques of my own.

My character almost wrote the piece himself. I was amazed how much difference this exercise made to my writing.

The discipline of the Beginners’ Fiction course is helping me immensely; I’m writing much more regularly than before.

The Faber Academy Getting Started course definitely gave me the tools to tackle my short story, which was broadcast on BBC Radio 4.

This course came at the perfect moment, jump-starting a transition out of a rut. And the book is progressing! I’ve made some significant breakthroughs that have helped me develop the organisation of the story, restore my confidence in my abilities, and feel energised about the project again. Also, I’m fully back into my yoga practice.

I plan to stay in touch with everyone after the course finishes. It has been a really valuable experience — everyone writes so well and has been so perceptive with their critiques.

My tutor had an incredibly wide-ranging knowledge of fiction and genre writing — I’ve found his help invaluable.

My tutor has been excellent: wise, astute and generous in his support and encouragement of us all. He also gave us the wonderful gift of a precise set of tools with which to proceed. The whole experience has been very instructive.

The course is really well thought out and I found it incredibly stimulating to have to consider the different genres. I loved having to read things I would not have ever considered and feel it has really helped me to extend my writing. Thanks to my tutor for so many constructive and encouraging comments. I…

Without doing this course, I wouldn’t have the idea for a crime novel, so this is interesting territory for me (as was the sci-fi, which may also continue in stages over a longer time). I’m going to continue this crime novel now while finishing the first draft of my historical novel, which was the original…