Creative Writing: Writing for Blogs, Magazines and Publications

How to write, research, style and structure an article for publication, this course will examine how best to approach this, taking time to identify a suitable publication for a proposed article and making first contact. Early sessions will focus on writing effectively and economically, planning our articles and our writing, getting more out of less and avoiding ‘writing blindly’. Likewise, how and when is best to target a particular publication with a particular topic or subject matter, planning our submissions and achieving a greater rate of hits. Similarly, this course also explores the online possibilities of reviews and blogging – how to blog consistently and maintain a loyal readership, planning, selection of images and scheduling will also be a key focus. By popular demand this revised version of the course will also explore the requirements of writing fiction for popular magazine publications, the subject matters they favour, word count, typical story structures and just how to maintain the kind of originality which attracts a publisher. This course will make use of a mix of informal feedback, lecture using PowerPoint slides, some focused group discussion/creative tasks in breakout rooms and feedback. Suitable for beginners or improvers and those with a passing curiosity!