New Writing South's School

Nature Writing

This short course aims to be a springboard for writers who want to engage with ideas of the natural world. You’ll learn techniques which will enable you to explore the natural world and build it into our writing practice.

Putting a Poetry Pamphlet Together

Are confused about where to send your poems? How can you sequence your poems to strengthen their individual and collective power? This new self-paced course will clarify creative process of the process of putting a pamphlet together.

Finishing the First Draft of Your Novel

With essential tips on plotting, devising and developing fictional characters and self-care for writers, this course will teach you how to structure your book, organise your time and manage the first draft of your novel writing project to completion.

Taking Your Poetry Further

This free self-paced course, written by a practising poet, will provide ideas and inspiration to encourage you to plough your own poetic furrow - including uncovering possible topics, deepening your work and editing drafts.

Taking Your Fiction Further

You’ve got an idea and you know what you want to write about, but you’re having trouble nailing down where to start and how to organise your time. This free self-paced course will provide you with the encouragement you need to turn up and write.

Writing and Mindfulness

This course is all about the connection between the practice of writing and mindfulness. You’re going to gain an understanding of writing and mindfulness, using mindfulness to enhance your writing and bring more detail and aliveness to it.