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Thursday, 19 January 2017

Affordable Online Writing Courses with Writers' HQ

Affordable Online Writing Courses with Writers' HQ

No time or money to book a writing course? We get it. At Writers' HQ we know all too well how hard it is to hold down a job and a family and deal with evil imposter syndrome and the guilt that comes with trying to carve out time to write. There are plenty of lovely, sparkly writing courses out there, but most of them come with a whopper of a price tag and require taking time off that's just not feasible for scruffy little writers like us. And so we decided: SOMETHING MUST BE DONE.

So, with help from the brilliant Arts Council England, we've brought out procrastination-busting, arse-kicking, profanity-laden, low-cost writing courses to the great big world of the internet. Access all our literary awesomeness from the comfort of your laptop with our suite of online courses - all portioned out into bite-sized chunks for you to complete as and when you're able to shoehorn them in around your busy lives. 
Our online courses include: 
Seven Ideas in Seven Days - 1 Week Online Course

6th-12th Feb and 6th-12th March
Price: £20
Learn how to see, hear and think like a writer with Writers’ HQ’s new online creative writing course, Seven Ideas in Seven Days. Designed to fit around every day life and a busy schedule wherever you are in the world, we’ll give you techniques and exercises for generating ideas and turning them into usable outlines for brilliant stories.
By the end you will have seven inspiring ideas that can be grown into fully fledged stories, or inserted into existing stories to make them even better...

Try a day for free and book your place HERE.


Plotstormers: How to Plot a Novel - 6 Week Online Course
6th Feb - 19th March
Price: £140

They say everyone has a novel inside them – the tricky part is getting it out without painful invasive surgery. This in-depth online plotting course contains everything you need to plan out your story from start to finish so that your rip roaring ready to get that first draft out, without too much swearing.
Learn the fundamentals of plotting a novel, wherever you are in the world. This online course is designed to fit around everyday life and a busy schedule, you will start with a simple idea, and finish with a comprehensive outline of your novel ready to be first drafted.
Over six weeks, we’ll help you to build a practical understanding of story structure and plotting. By the end, you’ll walk away with a comprehensive outline of your story and a plan for what to do next (clue: write!).
Includes
- daily online classes and exercises on redrafting, reconstructing and refining your manuscript
- help and advice from award-winning authors
- weekly online meet-ups with your course tutor
- a private online community to support you
- help finding a beta reader
Try a freebie week and book your place HERE



6th Feb - 19th March
Price: £140

First drafts are notoriously meant to be awful. Hemingway said so – it must be true. Writers’ HQ’s new online novel editing course will take you from ‘ugh this is rubbish’ to ‘omg I can totally do this’ in six weeks. Designed to fit around everyday life and a busy schedule wherever you are in the world, we’ll take you step-by-step through deconstructing your work and then rebuilding it, transforming it into something beautiful.
Includes: 
- daily online classes and exercises on redrafting, reconstructing and refining your manuscript
- help and advice from award-winning authors
- weekly online meet-ups with your course tutor
- a private online community to support you through your editing
- help finding a beta reader
Try a freebie week and book your place HERE.

20th March - 30th April
Price: £140

You think you’ve done the hard part by writing a book, but getting your novel published is the next big slog to tackle. Writers’ HQ’s new online manuscript submission course will help you prepare for the big leap towards getting your work out into the world.

It’s time. You’ve spent hundreds of hours and writing and editing and polishing your story. It’s ready to become a Real Life Book Thing. So now what? Where do you start? How do you find the right agent? How do you package up your manuscript so it won’t end up at the bottom of the slush pile? What even IS a slush pile? Well, that’s what this course is for.

Spend six weeks learning how to write a query, a snappy synopsis and giving yourself the best chance of slapping your manuscript down onto the desk of your perfect agent.

Try a freebie week and book your place HERE


Writing Short Fiction - 6 Week Online Course 
20th March - 30th April
Price: £140


Short stories aren’t just easier versions of the novel. They’re a broad, complex and rewarding art form in their own right. Writers’ HQ’s new online writing short story course will help you see the bigger picture and compress it into short stories with real punch.
So what makes truly great short fiction? The kind that leaves you dribbling, slack-jawed, slap-faced when you finish it. The kind you remember forever, like some weird dream-memory. Well. We can’t write it for you, but we can give you a nudge, a shove, and a poke with a sharp stick (whatever floats your boat) to help you on your way. With the help of writing prompts, advice from award-winning short fiction writers, inspiring exercises, and our awesome little online community, you’ll come out the other side at least one fully formed short story to call your very own.
Try a freebie week and book your place HERE

Visit our website at www.writershq.co.uk to try a free taster of each course, find out more, and book your place. 

Email us at hello@writershq.co.uk if you have any questions, and follow us on Facebook and Twitter for stupid writing memes, competitions, opportunities and general writing motivation!


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