Creative Writing - Bury St Edmunds

This eight-week course is term time only, Tuesday 7pm - 9pm

"Enrol by 12th April 2026 and save 5% on your course fee — no code needed!"

Unleash your creativity and start writing with confidence with our 8-week course.

Whether you’ve been to one of our previous courses or this will be new to you, these sessions will be ideal to get you writing.

Each week, we’ll go through two or three tips with examples and practical activities to get you writing. Some of the topics are:

• Strong plots
• Memorable settings
• Finding the writing habit
• Sparking inspiration
• Beginnings, middles and ends
• Writing tight
• Keeping the reader reading
• No ghosts in this story
• Rewriting life

"Step into a calm, creative space where inspiration flows and words come to life."

Come along and enjoy some creative time in a quiet, relaxed atmosphere that will get you writing.

• Notebook/Pad
• Pen/Pencil

Important Information:

All our courses run based on a minimum number of participants.

If you are no longer able to attend, please contact us at your earliest convenience. Cancellations received within 2 days (working days M-F)of the course start date are non-refundable.

Please Note:

Missed sessions by individual students are non-refundable.

When purchasing more than one ticket—whether for yourself or on behalf of others—you must provide the correct individual information for each attendee. Duplicate or identical information cannot be used for multiple tickets and may result in registration issues.

If you have any questions, please contact us E: [email protected]

Term Dates:

Spring Term 13.01.26 - 10.03.26 (Autumn Term 17.02.26)

Summer Term 21.04.26 - 16.06.26 (Autumn Term 26.05.26))

With expert tutor David Richardson

David has been teaching creative writing classes for over 20 years. During this time, he has worked at the coalface of writing as a copywriter in the motoring industry. He also volunteered for the Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators organization, regularly meeting authors and agents. This has given him an insider’s understanding of the publishing world.

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