Alumni discounts
We’re delighted to offer a 20% off alumni discount to be used on selected online short courses. Discount cannot be transferred or used in conjunction with any other offers.
We’re delighted to offer a 20% off alumni discount to be used on selected online short courses. Discount cannot be transferred or used in conjunction with any other offers.
Use discount code ALUMNI20 to get 20% off selected four-, five- or six-week online courses. View all the courses that can be purchased with this discount below. Not to be used in conjunction with any other offer. Discount for personal use only, cannot be transferred to non-alumni. Discount cannot be retroactively applied. Expires 31 Dec 2024. For more information email students@curtisbrowncreative.co.uk.
Anna Davis helps you tap into your imagination and personal experience, explore your Writer’s World and start writing with confidence. 4 weeks.
Bestselling author Laura Barnett shows you how to supercharge your dialogue as a powerful means to bring story and characters to life. 4 weeks.
Laura Barnett offers tried-and-tested methods of plotting your new writing projects and road-testing your stories. 4 weeks.
Create characters that will live on in your reader’s mind long after they’ve closed the book, with Anna Davis. 4 weeks.
We all know the creative writing rule of ‘show don’t tell’ – but almost every great novel uses showing and telling to conjure its magic! Learn to use both with much-loved author Anna Freeman. 4 weeks.
The much-loved international bestseller on discovering your authentic voice, writing loveable characters and sprinkling your work with humour. 5 weeks.
David Nicholls, author of the iconic novel One Day, on how to structure your novel, use comic set pieces, and plan a brilliant ending. 5 weeks.
Bestselling author of epic historical fiction Kate Mosse on how to find inspiration in landscapes and create vivid settings, plus how to supercharge your stories using effective research. 5 weeks.
Award-winning literary novelist and short story writer Tessa Hadley on how to think about your craft in an entirely fresh way. 5 weeks.
Develop your idea, plot and plan your novel, and write a confident opening, with CBC's founder, Anna Davis. 6 weeks.
You’ve started writing but it’s a long way to the end of the first draft. Anna Davis will get you there. 6 weeks.
Great novels are made in the rewrite. Get the best out of your novel and learn how to confidently pitch your novel with advice from Anna Davis and the Curtis Brown literary agents. 6 weeks.
Learn the essentials of screenwriting and get to work on your own TV drama, with renowned screenwriter and showrunner Colin Teevan. 6 weeks.
Vaseem Khan, President of the prestigious Crime Writers' Association, shows you how to write a murder novel. 6 weeks.
Travel to the past and explore what makes a compelling historical novel, with #1 bestseller S J Parris. 6 weeks.
Write a twisty, suspenseful thriller that readers won’t be able to put down, with bestselling author Erin Kelly. 6 weeks.
Write captivating stories for younger readers with award-winning children’s fiction and YA author Patrice Lawrence. 6 weeks.
Market-leader Jenny Colgan explores how to write an irresistible, heartfelt story that readers will fall in love with. 6 weeks.
Prize-winning SF writer Adam Roberts on how to transport your readers to somewhere that’s entirely yours, with a compelling world and extraordinary characters. 6 weeks.
Find your style of poetry, develop your craft and experiment with different poetic forms, with Ondaatje-prize-winninng poet Anthony Anaxagorou. 6 weeks.
Much-loved memoirist Cathy Rentzenbrink shows you how to shape your real-life stories as compelling narratives. 6 weeks.
Hone your storytelling skills and write and edit a complete short story with BBC National Short Story Award winner Cynan Jones. 6 weeks.
On this ten-week course, Sarah and David share insights into both sides picture book creation. Perfect for budding illustrators and writers. 6 weeks.
Popular children’s book author and illustrator David O’Connell guides you through the unwritten rules of writing children’s picture book text. 6 weeks.
Bestselling and prolific children’s book illustrator and author, Sarah McIntyre, guides you through the fundamentals of children’s picture book illustration. 6 weeks.