Take your writing further with this friendly and practical 12-week course.
Through guided exercises, group discussion and constructive feedback, you’ll explore the essential building blocks of effective writing, including character, plot, setting, genre and the basic rules that help bring a piece together.
You’ll experiment with prose, poetry and scriptwriting while developing your own ideas and discovering the forms and styles that suit you best. Whether you’ve completed an introductory course or already enjoy writing independently, this workshop will help you build confidence, improve your technique and keep your creativity flowing.
The course runs on Fridays from 1pm–3pm at Stoke Methodist Church, from 18 September to 11 December 2026. There is no session on 30 October.
Places are limited to 12 participants.
Sharing your work
Build the confidence to share short pieces or extracts of your writing in a supportive small-group environment.
Constructive feedback
Learn how to offer thoughtful, specific feedback that helps other writers strengthen and develop their work.
Receiving feedback
Explore how to listen to different perspectives, ask useful questions and decide which suggestions support your intentions.
Core writing skills
Strengthen essential skills including characterisation, voice, style, plotting, description and exposition.
Editing & rewriting
Recognise overwriting, identify areas for improvement and use feedback to revise your work with greater purpose.
What you'll learn
Share
Across the 12 weeks, you’ll have at least three opportunities to share a short piece or extract of your writing with the group.
Discuss
Work will be discussed respectfully using clear workshop guidelines designed to create a safe and encouraging environment.
Develop
Choose which suggestions are useful to you and apply them to strengthen your writing between sessions.
What we'll cover
Course Dates & Times
Session | Day | Date | Start time | End time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Welcome | Friday | 18/09/2026 | 13:00 | 15:00 |
Session 2 | Friday | 25/09/2026 | 13:00 | 15:00 |
Session 3 | Friday | 02/10/2026 | 13:00 | 15:00 |
Session 4 | Friday | 09/10/2026 | 13:00 | 15:00 |
Session 5 | Friday | 16/10/2026 | 13:00 | 15:00 |
Session 6 | Friday | 23/10/2026 | 13:00 | 15:00 |
Session 7 | Friday | 06/11/2026 | 13:00 | 15:00 |
Session 8 | Friday | 13/11/2026 | 13:00 | 15:00 |
Session 9 | Friday | 20/11/2026 | 13:00 | 15:00 |
Session 10 | Friday | 27/11/2026 | 13:00 | 15:00 |
Session 11 | Friday | 04/12/2026 | 13:00 | 15:00 |
Final Session | Friday | 11/12/2026 | 13:00 | 15:00 |
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Just yourself. Notebooks and pens will be provided as well as everything else you need to engage in the sessions. Of course, if you have a favourite pen or notebook you prefer, by all means bring them along.
Not at all — Orwrite courses are open to everyone from beginners to seasoned writers, in search of a refresher.
We've chosen course venues around the city that are easily accessible and which offer the quiet and space to learn in a comfortable environment. All venues are on bus routes and all have parking nearby.
At Orwrite, we believe the only way to learn is by doing. That's why all Orwrite courses will give you the chance to develop your skill and your confidence in writing:
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Through guided writing exercises designed to develop your style, approach and thinking
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Through pair and group activities that encourage supportive and collaborative working that helps develop specific skills to be used in individual exercises
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Through individual feedback and reassuring guidance to help you build on your learning and hone your craft
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Don't worry. We know not everyone can be available, just in the daytime or in the evenings. That's why we deliberately offer courses on a rolling basis; offering the same courses across the day and into the evening. If a course isn't available at the time you want it, check back the following term for alternative course timings. Alternatively, sign up for our newsletter to get updates on upcoming courses.
In the meantime, why not book onto a retreat to get your creative juices flowing?
Sorry to hear you're not enjoying the course you enrolled on. We get that sometimes courses can feel overwhelming or you chose a creative area you aren't fully comfortable with.
Unfortunately, we can't offer refunds beyond the first week of learning. If you find, however, after the first week that a course isn't for you, we will do our best to accommodate, either refunding the difference (excluding week 1 fees) or transferring you to a more appropriate alternative course. Just drop us an email and we will get back to you as soon as we can.