Student Testimonials


Creative Writing For Beginners

Kirsty Manning

Fantastic news – alumnus Kirsty Manning has just signed a two-book publishing deal in her native Australia.

“The tutors were very generous, and happy to answer any follow-up questions. The feedback on my work was invaluable. It meant we could hone our work and redo it – which is really what writing is all about. I still use the podcasts to refer to now when I need a bit of inspiration. Also, the forums meant you could workshop ideas in a safe space.”








Tara King

“I really enjoyed the course. To be honest, I was surprised by how good it was! My tutor has been a brilliant tutor. She’s supportive, encouraging and also very tough with her edits. Show not tell and adverbs are on my blacklist now. I’ve really enjoyed working with her.”








Lucy Thompson

“I have enjoyed the course enormously and I feel like I have learnt an incredible amount. I think the course has offered me more than I expected and the process for submitting work and having it reviewed has been really good. I have also liked interacting with other people on the course.”






Hayley Fairhead

“I enjoyed the course very much, it covered what I would have expected and much more. I am a busy working mum so I needed to be able to work evenings and weekends, this course was perfect for that.”







Constructing a Novel

Meghan O’Neill

“I enjoyed the course very much! I especially enjoyed the varied type of learning material (i.e. podcast, video, reading) as opposed to clunky old text books. I think the course is good value for money.”








Daryl Gordon

“The course has far exceeded my expectations. I have thoroughly enjoyed it and would recommend this strongly to anyone interested in venturing on the path of writing a novel or any creative writing.”








Mary Ann Hutchison

“The flexibility of it was ideal, allowing me to upload work day or night, whenever I felt I had a piece of writing up to standard and ready to submit. I found myself challenged to produce work of a much greater quality than I knew I was capable of, and have seen the level of improvement rise week on week.”