Top-quality fiction writing courses at the Groucho Club in Soho, London's well-known literary venue, and at nearby premises. The Complete Creative Writing Course has now expanded its range of courses to suit your individual needs and to meet the increasing demand for spaces.


The Original Course

Six inspiring three-hour sessions which illuminate all aspects of creative writing. Through discussion, exercises, and example, this course will enable you to develop insight into your own creative process and inspire you to achieve your writing goals. Each week will focus on a different aspect of fiction writing, including: how to start writing and overcoming the ‘blank page’ syndrome, finding a voice, developing plots and sub-plots, writing up the big scenes, and finding a satisfying ending. We will look at constructing characters, exploring dialogue, and evoking theme and mood through descriptive writing. Participants will be encouraged to produce work each week and will receive appropriate and constructive feedback. The tutors on Tuesday evenings and Saturday mornings will be Karen Falconer and Dreda Say Mitchell, and on Monday and Saturday afternoons Maggie Hamand and Shaun Levin.

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The Intermediate Course

This new course is designed for those who have attended a beginners' creative writing course and started writing fiction but do not yet feel ready to progress to the advanced course. This six-week course will focus on developing character, building a narrative, improving dialogue and descriptive writing, and handling point of view and time in fiction. Participants will be set exercises and homework each week and will receive constructive feedback. The tutors will be Karen Falconer and Maggie Hamand.

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The Advanced Course

This course is designed for writers who have already ventured into fiction writing or have attended some creative writing classes. It is designed to inspire you, to deepen your understanding of fiction, and help you shape and structure your work. Each session will focus on more complex areas of fiction writing such as the motivation and psychology of characters, writing in different voices, sub-plots and complex narrative structures, and writing about difficult subjects such as sex. We will be using exercises, discussion, reading and feedback to help you find new ways of tackling problems and encourage you to explore new dimensions in your fiction. Students will have the opportunity to read “work in progress” and discuss individual areas of difficulty. The tutors will be Maggie Hamand and Shaun Levin.

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New Introduction to Screenwriting

This is the ideal starter course for anyone interested in writing for film and television. The course will look at the screenwriting process, character development, dialogue, narrative and the three-act structure, and examine how to build a story scene by scene. Using clips from films, group work and discussion, this course is a creative and informative introduction to the craft. The tutor will be award-winning director and screenwriter Kolton Lee.

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Other Courses



Maggie Hamand will also be teaching a residential course in France at the Manoir des Rosiers, near Saumur in the Loire Valley, in October 2008. Ideal for anyone looking for a creative writing holiday. For more details click here, or: for more details.


And near Gerona in northern Spain in September: click here to find out more.