Writing Fiction

This course is an introduction to creative writing.

Suitable for complete beginners or more experienced writers interested in working on their craft. Whether you want to write short stories or have a longer work in mind, this course will cover the elements of successful storytelling, from character development to editing.

There will be writing exercises each week, designed to get you producing regular work, and by the end of the course, you will have had the opportunity to experiment with various aspects of the writing process.

Everyone has a story in them - this course will help you get yours out of your head and onto the page!

About the Tutor

Rachael Kelly has a PhD in Film Theory and a Dip NCFE in Journalism, and is currently working as a freelance writer and arts administrator. Her doctoral thesis, Mark Antony and Popular Culture, was published by IB Tauris in 2014.

She writes science fiction as RB Kelly. Her first novel, The Edge of Heaven, was a winner of the Irish Writers' Centre Novel Fair Competition and was published in 2016. Her short fiction and non-fiction articles have appeared in magazines and journals around the world, and her short story Blumelena, was shortlisted for the Bridport Prize in 2012. For more information on Rachael's work, go to rbkelly.co.uk.