our coUrses

I offer two online courses. One for novelists and one for poets. Also, we offer individual and custom sessions, on topics including publishing, productivity, and giving and receiving critique.

Each session takes around an hour, though I offer my support to clients regardless of whether we are in session. Sessions are done over Teams or Discord.

See the breakdown of each course below…

the ‘POET’ course

A course for poets. It teaches all the core elements of poetry, how to write them effectively, and how to make your readers go ‘wow!’.

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  • Reading Poetry. Begin your journey by learning how to effectively read poetry.

  • Poetry Structure. Learn about common terminology and the anatomy of poetry.

  • Poetic Techniques. Delve into the world of poetic techniques.

  • Poetic Forms. Learn about common forms utilised in poetry, and how to use them yourself.

  • Musicality. Deepen your understanding of poetic structure and technique.

  • Emotions. A focus on effectively channelling emotions.

  • Narrative. A brief glimpse into storytelling, to better write short narratives into your poetry.

  • Imagery. Develop your understanding of imagery.

  • Forming a Plan. Gather everything we have learned so far to better create poems, start to finish.

  • Critique, Poetry Readings, and Finding Community. A 101 on the next steps to take as a poet.

the ‘storyteller’ course

The course for novelists. It teaches all of the essential knowledge and skills a writer needs to engage an audience.

  • Module 1: Prose Foundation

  • Storymaker vs Storyteller. Begin by defining good writing and establishing our bond with the reader.

  • Prose Structure. Take our first steps with the bread and butter of smooth reads.

  • Descriptions. Learn to write descriptions that pull the reader into another world.

  • Dialogue. Create more powerful and effective dialogue scenes.

    Module 2: Narrative

  • Worldbuilding. Begin using worldbuilding to aid your story.

  • Narrative. Develop a strong core for understanding narrative structures.

  • Characters. Make your characters leap off the page.

  • Scene Construction. Apply your new understanding to effectively construct scenes and chapters.

    Module 3: Refining Prose

  • Poetry. How can learning poetry make you a better novelist? We’ll find out!

  • Tone and Atmosphere. Bring together skills from previous sessions to master atmsophere.

  • Musicality. Enchant the reader by combining poetic technique and prose structure.

  • Process. Finish the course with an outline of best practice for writing a novel, from first words to final polish, and possibly even what comes after.