This was my first writing workshop and it has inspired me to want to learn more. Thank you for the knowledgeable and supportive tutoring, the carefully paced and structured course and the invaluable experience of learning with a community of students who are all genuinely interested in each other’s development and learning

I don’t think I could ever have got my novel to this level without the guidance of this course and the incredible friendship and support of my fellow writers.

It’s been the best learning experience I have ever had. That’s partly the amazing material and support, partly that it’s so timely to my writing needs and partly because the online learning platform is so well suited to all this.

I’d like to say how much I’ve enjoyed this course. It has provided a structure for aspiring writers to find a creative ‘home’, to be able to connect with other writers. You have provided detailed content and structure with real tools to help us to grow. I particularly liked the detailed feedback you have provided…

Engage. Inspire. Teach. This is Lucy in a nutshell. She is fantastically creative and energetic when it comes to teaching.

I have found the course extremely constructive and useful. The design and execution of the various elements has opened my eyes to the way editing works. Before I started the course, I wondered about the interactive nature of the class, but I have found that the input from my colleagues at all levels has been…

This course has saved me months, if not years, of extraneous writing and tinkering. My tutor, Kathryn, nudged me towards a large-scale structural edit which led to a culling from 115K to around 70K words as I write this. If nothing else, this course had been worth the money for that one, critical piece of…

The course has helped me put together a methodology which will be vital if I am to succeed in this new career.

I am really enjoying the course. The lessons are teaching me so much about editing. Now I know how to approach some of the challenges in my first draft.

I knew when I decided to do this course, with the expense considerations and the time, that if nothing else it would at least make me a better writer, but honestly it’s really surpassed my expectations. I just feel like I’ve been given a complete tool-kit.

The course is brilliant, and the reason I say that is because it is built on firm and reliable foundations.

The course structure and insightful feedback from my fellow story tellers has changed my whole approach to writing.