Ref: SWE33237
The details here are for unit three of our Fiction Writing Certificate course. For details on all units, please visit the course page.
Following the completion of this third unit you will be asked to submit the first 5000 words of a Work-in-Progress for feedback from the programme tutors, Bethan Roberts and Laura Wilkinson.
Your usual writing equipment, notebook and pen, and/or laptop.
Arrival day: Friday 5 September
From 4.00-6.30pm - Arrival for residential students
6.45pm - Non-residential students please arrive by 6.45pm for welcome chat and dinner
7.00pm - Dinner
8.00pm–9.00pm - First teaching session – attendance is an essential part of the course
Saturday 6 September
9.15am - Morning classes start
10.30am - Coffee
11.00am - Morning classes continue
12.45pm - Lunch
2.00pm - Time for writing and tutorials
4.45pm - Class wrap-up
5.00pm - Classes finish
From 7pm - Dinner
8.00pm - Evenings are untutored, for individual work
Departure day: Sunday 7 September(Residential students to vacate rooms by 10am)
9.15am - Morning classes start
10.30am - Coffee
11.00am - Morning classes continue
12.45pm - Lunch
2.00pm - Time for writing and tutorials
3.00pm - Classes finish
3.30pm - Tea then departure
Tutor - Certificate in Fiction Writing
Bethan has published five novels and writes stories and drama for BBC Radio 4. Her books include: The Good Plain Cook (Serpent’s Tail, 2008), which was a Radio 4 Book at Bedtime; My Policeman (Chatto & Windus, 2012), the story of a 1950s policeman, his wife and his male lover (a major Amazon Original movie starring Harry Styles and Emma Corrin) and Mother Island (Chatto, 2014), which received a Jerwood Fiction Uncovered prize.
Associate Tutor - MA Creative Writing and Publishing
Tutor - Certificate in Fiction Writing
LAURA WILKINSON has published seven novels for adults (two under a pseudonym). Alongside writing, she tutors on the Creative Writing MA at West Dean, for the CWP in Brighton and works as an editor, mentor and book coach. She has a passion for fashion, ginger hair and anything that glitters.
Residential option available. Find out accommodation costs and how to book here.
If you’re looking to complete the first draft of a novel and learn about the publishing process. The two-year, part-time MA Creative Writing and Publishing is taught by professional authors and visiting industry professionals. Find out more
