Online Writing Week: Creative Non-Fiction

The boundaries between fiction and non-fiction are more blurred today than they’ve ever been; at the same time we are besieged on all sides by stories that need to be told. How can writers of creative non-fiction capture the world around them in a way that is engaging, authentic and real?

With tutors Miriam Darlington and James Attlee you’ll mine your ideas and experiences to write your story, while learning how to entice readers into your world.

Finding inspiration in classic contemporary writings and working through practical exercises and discussion, you’ll learn how to spark your unique voice into life. Your plot points may come from the real world and the protagonist may be you, but how do you make the reader a witness and participant? You’ll learn how to deploy all the imaginative devices of story packaged in the flesh and blood of the real. Whether you are engaged in memoir, travel writing, nature writing, reportage, or passionate polemic, this course is for you. Join Miriam, James and likeminded writers for the adventure.

Online: £400

Concessions: £280

As part of our effort to increase participation in the arts, a limited number of half-price concessions are available for this course at checkout.

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).

Online Writing Weeks / Weekends

• Courses have much smaller groups than Masterclasses and How I Write events, and are also more interactive with your fellow course participants and tutors, so cameras and audio are usually on (though both are completely optional). If you would prefer your camera and audio to be off, it would be helpful to let your course host know this in advance.

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.