This course takes an active, process-oriented approach to playwriting, directly involving would-be writers for the stage in a collaborative, cooperative creative effort.

Developing a show collaboratively has become increasingly popular in UK theatre, giving rise in recent years to some extraordinarily exciting, dynamic productions and a number of successful and celebrated devising companies. This course is designed for students interested in learning how to devise new dramatic work for themselves, creating narratives without a pre-determined script through an exploratory, collaborative process of improvisation, rehearsal and performance.

This course introduces students to imaginative, theoretical and practical elements of short-film screenwriting, covering a range of styles and genres.

How can an understanding of the techniques of past living poets, help your own work? This course will explore many kinds of rhythmical language, from Beowulf to Hamilton.

By asking the question “What if?”, writers can explore an imagined world within the space of a few pages, which is why the short story has proved to be a versatile form for speculative fiction.

In this course, we will analyse a range of character types from both fiction and nonfiction, exploring the complex relationships among writer, character and reader.

From picture books to teen and ‘cross-over’ novels, this course aims to give students a practical grasp of the skills required in writing for audiences of different ages.

Students can work intensively on a project, or series of projects, in a genre of their choice, for an intended audience of adults or children.