Module 1. Getting started
      Objective: To introduce the basics of creative writing

a. Finding ideas
b. Tools of the Trade
c. Getting fresh – the power of description
d. Active reading

 Module 2. Finding Believable Characters
      Objective: Understand the importance of strong characterisation

a. Get a life - the importance of character
b. The man in the bobble hat - markers
c. Psychological consistency
d. Transformation
e. Voice

 Module 3. Point of View
      Objective: Learn how to choose a viewpoint for your story

a. Look who's talking
b. It's my story - writing in the first person
c. Omniscience for beginners - using the third person

 Module 4. What happens next – Plot and counter-plot
      Objective: Understand how to construct and use plots

a. Deriving plot from character
b. Genre fiction – constraints and opportunities
c. Thinking ahead – how to avoid the deus ex machina

 Module 5. “And then she said…”
      Objective: Learn how to write captivating dialogue

a. An invented language
b. Angled reponses
c. He said, she said - speech attribution
d. Speech markers

 Module 6. The Structure of Fiction
      Objective: Understand how to use description, narrative summary and immediate scenes

a. 21st century fiction
b. The power of descriptions
c. Leave the past behind - narrative summary
d. Immediate scenes
e. Show, don't tell

 Module 7. Where’s the cheese – Tension and Desire
      Objective: Learn how to keep the reader's attention

a. Shaping the story
b. Don't go there - confounding the reader
c. Escalations
d. Managing Time
e. Flowcharting the Muse
f. Transactions
g. Where's the cheese - introducing tension
h. Narrative hooks

 Module 8. Stepping Back
      Objective: Become an objective reviewer and know how to revise your work

a. Stepping back
b. Reading yourself
c. Survival of the fittest - clichés and modifiers
d. Less is more - losing weak scenes
e. Silencing the author
f. Writing groups

 Module 9. Bringing it all back home
      Objective: Review previous modules and complete a short story

a. Characterisation 2
b. Another point-of view
c. Voice
d. Ideas
e. Plot 2

 Module 10. Professional writing and writing for publication
      Objective: To examine outlets for fiction and the role of agents and publishers

a. The market for fiction
b. The fiction industry – agents and publishers
c. Submitting your work
d. Style & format