The Writing Science Fiction and Fantasy Course gives you all the writing techniques required to write credible, compelling speculative fiction. Practise your skills in 12 writing assignments, with feedback on each from award-winning author, Sonny Whitelaw.
The Writing Science Fiction and Fantasy Course gives you all the writing techniques required to write credible, compelling speculative fiction. Practise your skills in 12 writing assignments, with feedback on each from award-winning author, Sonny Whitelaw.
Whether you want to sell the short story that you produce, enter it into a writing competition, or use it as the basis for a novel, this course can fast-track your writing goals.
As you work through each module, you will learn why the many genres of speculative fiction are so successful, where to find countless ideas for your stories, and how to create realistic characters and the worlds they inhabit.
By the end of the course, you will have written a 1500-word short story that you can confidently submit to a publisher or use as the foundation for your much larger alternate universe series.
Our journey started all the way over in South Africa. In the beginning, we were a duo – Nichola Meyer and Lisa Lazarus – launching a single course in freelance journalism to a modest group of students.
Fast forward to today, and we’ve grown our humble venture into a truly global institution, boasting a presence in the UK, South Africa, and Aotearoa New Zealand.
Our offerings have blossomed, too. We now provide 35 unique writing courses, guided by a passionate team of 27 international tutors, and have celebrated the achievements of thousands of successful graduates.
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