CREATIVE WRITING FOR YOUNG PEOPLE

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These 10-week programmes encourages the development of creative writing in young people, looking at a range of stimuli and styles of writing, and working through techniques and approaches to really help develop their writing.

The group nature of the course means that writing can be shared with an audience and wider feedback gained immediately, as well as having more contributions to stimuli and discussions.

The course works through definitions and techniques, key skills, writing exercises, inspiration and ideas for writing, styles of writing, and each week a story is set to be written. There are also extension options if students have more time or would like to undertake more writing.

At the end of the course, each writer will have a number of pieces of writing they will be proud of, and they will all have the opportunity to have their work published in an anthology, professionally printed by Junoberry Books. There will also be an opportunity for writers to hone their work outside of sessions and looked at by tutors.

There are three courses that can be taken, each one advancing from the previous course:

- Creative Writing: Getting Started

- Creative Writing: Developing your Writing

- Creative Writing: Advanced Writing

There are also three age groups - Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4 / Sixth Form.

These 10-week courses are designed to develop the specific skills and techniques that are required for effective scriptwriting, and give students the opportunity to write for the stage. A range of stimuli, playtexts, writers and genres are looked at, and most importantly, students will get writing and practice the craft of scriptwriting.

This course is generally suitable for students who are 13 years and above.

The group nature of the course means that writing can be shared with an audience and wider feedback gained immediately, as well as having more contributions to stimuli and discussions. There is feedback on the writing that is undertaken each week on the course and also opportunities for writers to hone their work outside of sessions and looked at by tutors.

There are three courses that can be taken, each one advancing from the previous course:

- An Introduction to Scriptwriting

- Writing a Play

- Advanced Scriptwriting

At the end of the An Introduction to Scriptwriting course, students will have a number of scenes written for the stage and a clear idea of how to write for the medium. By the end of the Writing a Play course students will be in a position to write their own play, and the Advanced Scriptwriting course builds on this to ensure students have a fully drafted piece that is good enough to be performed!

These 10-week courses work with students on the specifics of the genre of screenwriting and film, with its focus on being a visual medium, and the particular set of rules and approaches that come with this. There is an introduction that works through film as a medium and how writing for screen works, and then further courses that develop writing further into complete screenplays. 

There are two age groups available for this course: 13 to 15 years old and 16 and above.

The group nature of the course really suits screenwriting, with the concept of breaking story and writer's rooms a fixture of writing for the screen. It allows for an audience and wider feedback to be gained immediately, as well as having more contributions to stimuli and discussions. There is feedback on the writing that is undertaken each week on the course and also opportunities for writers to hone their work outside of sessions and be looked at by tutors.

There are three courses that can be taken, each one advancing from the previous course:

- An Introduction to Screenwriting

- Developing the Screenplay

- Advanced Screenwriting

At the end of the An Introduction to Screenwriting course, students will have a number of film scenes written and a clear idea of how to write for the medium. By the end of the Developing the Screenplay course students will be in a position to write their own short film, and the Advanced Screenplay course builds on this and helps develop further screenplays, and possibly the development of a full length film script.

Our Young Writer's Club is ideal to join if you are interested in developing your writing and gaining new skills and techniques, as well as ideas and stimuli to kick start your writing or take it to the next level.

You will get a Writing Club pack sent out to you every month, which contains:

• A range of new stimuli to inspire your writing each month.
• Free access and entry to the Genre Shorts monthly competition run alongside Junoberry Books.
• Specific guidance on writing for the genre that features in the Genre Shorts monthly competition.
• The chance to share your work with other people in the club via the online forum.

Premium Memberships also includes:

• Writing exercises to undertake to improve your writing.
• Tips and Techniques on how to be a better writer and hone your skills.
• Advanced Guidance on writing for the genre that features in the Genre Shorts monthly competition.

There are three different Writing Clubs:

• Key Stage 2
• Key Stage 3
• Key Stage 4 and Sixth Form

Join now and do what you love every month!

There are number of options where you can work on a one-to-one basis with our tutors for a more personalised approach with the content of sessions designed specifically for you and where abouts you are in your creative writing journey. This could be in any medium - prose, scriptwriting, screenwriting or writing for audio, and might involve developing story, working on scripts, refining work, or whatever suits you as an individual.

The one-to-one sessions are bespoke for each young writer, and could be taken as a one-off session to share your writing and gain feedback, or as a block of sessions where you will develop your work over a number of weeks.

Whilst we recommend that students undertake group courses, as there are real benefits of sharing your work with others and gaining feedback as well as looking at other people's work, it is possible to undertake any of the Creative Writing courses as an individual course. You will still receive the same feedback from tutors on your work after each session as well as on your final pieces of writing, but you would undertake the course itself solo. The content would be the same as that outlined on these course information pages.

Coming Soon.

A new course, coming in 2024 that focuses on writing for Audio.