Start Writing Fiction (FutureLearn)

You’ll consider the rituals of writing and keeping a journal; learn how to develop your ideas; reflect on your own writing and editing; hear writers talk about their approach to research; and start turning events into plot.

You’ll also have the opportunity to review the work of fellow writers and receive comments on your own, learning to read as a writer and respond to feedback.

What topics will you cover?

- Creation of characters in fiction

- Different sources for characters in stories

- Ways of presenting characters in stories

- Reading as a writer

- Writing practice, including creativity, research, observation and editing

- Peer reviewing, workshops and the importance of feedback

What will you achieve?

By the end of the course, you'll be able to...

- Apply and learn to write fiction and generate stories by creating characters

- Investigate notions of writing from your experience and from research

- Explore using a writer’s notebook to develop ideas and increase observational awareness

- Identify and realise the importance of other authors and works to develop your skills in reading as a writer

- Develop your awareness of editing, in developing your vocabulary of style and presentation

- Identify and realise the importance of exchanging work and critical comment with fellow writers