Additional Benefits of Creative Writing

Extensive writing practice to strengthen skills: Opportunities to write across different formats, helping you gain confidence in expressing your ideas clearly and creatively.

Interactive and engaging lessons: Lessons are designed to keep students involved and motivated, with lots of active participation to enjoy the creative process.

Explore a range of writing styles from poetry to short stories, and essays: Students will gain a versatile skill set, allowing them to communicate ideas in various formats with ease and originality.

Guidance on discovering your unique writing voice: Experienced writers will help students develop a writing style that is distinctly their own, empowering confidence and authenticity in their writing.

Learn to draw inspiration from your personal life and the world around you: Discover how to tap into everyday life for creative material, finding inspiration in the simple things that can lead to powerful and meaningful writing.

Study renowned writers to inspire your work: Analyse the techniques of famous authors, gaining valuable insights into how they craft compelling stories, and how to apply these techniques to your own writing.

Feedback on your writing to improve structure, flow, and creativity: Regular, constructive feedback to help recognise and identify areas for improvement, allowing you to refine your writing and make it more impactful and engaging.

Practice a range of styles from poems, scenes, song lyrics, short stories, and more: By exploring different types of writing, students will develop flexibility and creativity, helping them find preferred genres while broadening storytelling abilities.

Learn character creation, story shaping, and narrative rhythm: Discover the process of building complex, relatable characters and creating stories that flow smoothly, keeping audiences engaged from start to finish.

Highly qualified and experienced teachers: Our creative writing teachers are highly qualified and passionate about helping students develop new skills. We also focus on finding teachers with real life, working expertise in their subject areas.

Engaged community of students from over 80 nationalities: You’ll learn in an environment where everyone shares and learns from different perspectives, inspiring and challenging each other to grow.

Balanced programme to educate hearts and minds: Academics and Electives are paired, helping students explore other interests, have fun and experience a balanced education.

Ideal 3-week summer school programme length: Three weeks gives students time to make real progress in their learning, build confidence, and form lasting friendships.

Inspiring surroundings in world-renowned universities: The prestigious surroundings of St Andrews, Cambridge and Yale offer a unique learning environment that has inspired many great minds throughout history.