Course outline
This course is six weeks long and asynchronous (so you can log in and add to the discussion whenever you want). Your course tutor, Jonathan Kemp, will upload a new assignment every two weeks. This will include extracts to read, teaching from Jonathan, and writing assignments. At the end of the course, Jonathan will provide detailed written feedback on a submission of up 2,000 words.
Course content
Structured around three primary writing tasks (beginning, middle, end), the module will allow writers to explore new narratives or work in progress. With additional focus on character, style and point of view, this is an opportunity for queer writers at any stage to flex their imagination and refine their storytelling. Through reading extracts from published authors to reading each other’s work, the discussions will also allow for detailed and considering learning.
Learning online
The course will take place online, in a closed group on a platform called Slack. You’ll need to have internet access on the dates above. Slack is easy to use, and we’ll provide you with full instructions and guidance before the course starts. On Slack, we won’t have scheduled live chats, but there will be plenty of opportunity to interact with Jonathan and the other course participants in discussion threads, throughout the six weeks.
Course tutor
Jonathan Kemp is the award-winning author of five books of both fiction and non-fiction, and has been teaching creative writing for twenty years. You can find out more about him here, and read some feedback from his workshop version of this course below.