Masterclass: How to Teach Creative Writing [Fiction]

Teaching creative writing and leading a workshop is a creative, personal act, and can be just as original and fulfilling as the writing itself.

But how do you teach creative writing? With Rachel Seiffert, acclaimed novelist and experienced writing tutor, you’ll explore how to do create an original writing workshop. You’ll learn how to structure your class, how to design games and exercises and how to select relevant reference material (without borrowing heavily from others).

This masterclass is suitable for anyone interested in developing their teaching skills, including secondary school teachers, novelists who want to get into teaching, current creative writing tutors or anyone with an interest in how to craft exciting and unique creative writing workshops.

Part of the How to Teach Creative Writing series from Arvon’s How to Teach Creative Writing masterclass strand.

The Masterclass will be delivered via Zoom webinar (19:00-21:00), so you can take the session at your own pace, without the pressure of having your video or camera on. Sessions are also recorded so if you are unable to attend live, you will have access to the recording for a month afterwards.

Online: £35

Concessions: £17.50

As part of our effort to increase participation in the arts, half-price concessions are available for this course at checkout. There are a limited number of free subsidised places for those who cannot afford the concession price.

We are committed to making our Arvon at Home programme accessible to as many people as possible.

Across all of Arvon at Home

• All sessions will have auto-generated captioning.
• During sessions we will have a text version available via screen share.
• There is a Chat facility to ask any questions.

Masterclasses and Online Writing Day

• A recording of the Masterclass will be available to view for one month after it is aired live.
• There is a Chat and Q & A facility to ask any questions.
• Zoom webinar format (your video and audio will remain off throughout, & your name will not be visible to other participants so it is a ‘relaxed’ event).

How I Write

• There is a chat and Q&A facility to ask any questions.
• Zoom webinar format (your video and audio will remain off throughout, & your name will not be visible to other participants so it is a ‘relaxed’ event).

Subject to funding/permissions (please contact us for more details)

• Recording of Writing Weeks and Weekends.
• Downloadable transcripts.
• BSL interpretation.
• Live captioning.

If you have any access issues that we have not covered here, please contact us on access@arvon.org

See here for more access information.