NB: Once payment is made, the course will start and you will receive automated lessons via email for the next 14 days. In the unlikely event of a problem over our Xmas break, we won’t be able to help but we will rectify the issue when we return on 5 January 2026.
The 14-Day Creative Writing Intensive
Write every day for fourteen days.
Finish with a habit.
14 days
Beginner-intermediate
14
- Risk-Free for 3 days
- 12 000+ Writers trained since 2005
- Rated 5/5 on Google Reviews
The 14-Day Creative Writing Intensive
Write every day for fourteen days.
Finish with a habit.
14 days
Beginner-
intermediate
14
- Risk-Free for 3 days
- Rated 5/5 on Google Reviews
- 12 000+ Writers trained since 2005
Master the Tools
of Creative Writing
A fast, effective way to gain the skills required to write any form of fiction
You want to write more. You keep meaning to. But without a deadline, a prompt or a new writing technique to put into action, the days slip by and the laptop stays shut.
This Creative Writing Intensive fixes that. Each day, a short lesson arrives by email. Each day you write one piece in response. By Day 14 you’ll have fourteen new pieces, a clearer sense of your own style and a daily routine in place.
How it works
- Pay and start. Your first lesson arrives as soon as you’ve signed up.
- Read, then write. Each day brings one short lesson and one challenge. Write for 5 minutes or more. It’s up to you.
- Finish and receive acknowledgement. Send us your completed tasks after Day 14 and we’ll send you your certificate of completion.
Note: This course is self-guided. There is no tutor feedback.
What You’ll Receive
- Fourteen daily writing challenges that stretch your craft and help you find your own style.
- Fourteen lessons by email, one a day, covering the writing techniques that master writers use.
- 50 pages of clear course notes you can keep and return to.
- A reading list of short stories by master storytellers, so you learn by seeing how the best do it.
- A certificate of completion to mark the achievement.
What You’ll Receive
- Fourteen daily writing challenges that stretch your craft and help you find your own style.
- Fourteen lessons by email, covering tools that master writers use.
- 50 pages of clear course notes you can keep and return to.
- A reading list of short stories by master storytellers, so you learn by seeing how the best do it.
- A certificate of completion to mark the achievement.
What You'll Learn:
You’ll practise four essential tools: storytelling, choosing powerful words, shifting point of view and writing with all five senses.
You’ll also build nine skills that make writing feel professional:
- Choosing plain, strong words over stuffy ones
- Showing rather than telling
- Using active voice for energy
- Balancing action, description and dialogue
- Cutting what the story doesn’t need
- Adding sensory detail that makes scenes vivid
- Dropping weak adverbs
- Writing dialogue that sounds like real people
- Pacing every scene so readers keep turning the page
Sign up for the self-guided
14-Day Creative Writing Intensive
NZ $ 69, ZAR R 695, £ 35
You can pay using a Credit Card, Debit Card or Paypal Balance. You don’t need a Paypal account for this.
After you have paid, you will be returned to our website where you will be prompted to submit your name and email address. We need these details to start the first lesson.
Should the automatic redirect not work, please get in touch with us directly at info@thewriterscollege.com.
£ 35.00
NZ$ 69.00
ZAR 695.00
If you are in South Africa, find our banking details here >
We are so confident that you will love your course that if you’re not 100% satisfied with the quality of our training, simply ask for a refund minus any expenses within 3 days.
This course is for you if you want to...
- cement in a daily writing practice
- explore your writing voice through fun but challenging writing tasks
- acquire new skills and creative writing knowledge you can implement straight away
- increase your writing confidence
There is also an optional, follow-up course during which you write a full short story in 14 days.
Our Graduate Students' Successes
We are proud of our graduates who have achieved success. Here are a few among dozens of our creative writing success stories.
How does the course work?
Each day for fourteen days, a new lesson arrives in your inbox. Detailed course notes explain one idea clearly, then a short writing exercise lets you try it straight away. There’s no long assignment hanging over you, just one lesson and one exercise.
Across the fortnight you’ll build four essential tools for creative writers:
- Stories, our source of magic
- Words, the building blocks of creativity
- Shifting point of view
- Awakening your senses
You’ll also develop nine skills that make writing sharper and more alive:
- Choosing short, strong everyday words over long Latinate ones
- Showing rather than telling
- Using active voice
- Balancing action, description and dialogue
- Cutting unnecessary action
- Making descriptions specific with sensory details
- Avoiding adverbs in your descriptions
- Writing authentic dialogue
- Pacing each scene
By Day 14 you’ll have completed fourteen short writing assignments. You then have seven days to gather them together and send them to the course convenor, who will issue your certificate of completion.
How much time will I need each day?
The speed at which you work is entirely up to you. If you are a fast writer, you may spend ten minutes on a writing task. If you prefer to take your time, it could be up to an hour.
It also depends on how much time you spend editing and polishing your writing.
What if I miss a day?
You can catch up a missed day at any time within the 14 days on the course, as well as the grace period of seven days at the end of the course.
Is there a tutor for this course?
No, this is a self-guided course. You will be getting all the tools and tips our students get, but without the feedback from a tutor.
For how long will I get access to the course?
You will get lifetime access to the course. You will also benefit from future updates and improvements to the course.
Will anyone else see my work?
Only the course convenor sees your writing.
What are the conditions of certification?
Students will receive a Writers’ College Certificate upon successful completion of the course, provided they meet the following conditions:
- Students must complete all 14 writing assignments
- The course must be completed within 21 days of registration
What are the admission requirements?
- Basic writing skills are essential.
- You must be proficient in the English language.
- Computer skills as well as email and Internet access are required.
- No previous tertiary qualification is required.
