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Start your story with expert teaching from acclaimed authors, leading literary agents and top publishers. Writing courses online and in London. Home of #WriteCBC.

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Our flagship online Writing Your Novel course will help you hone your craft and make real progress with your story 📝

Join a group of 15 talented students for expert novel-writing tuition from Suzannah Dunn or Christopher Wakling!

Find out more: www.curtisbrowncreative.co.uk/course/writi...
November 21, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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Kickstart 2026 with a burst of writing inspiration! ✨

Whether you’re just starting out, battling your way through a draft or polishing your pitch, our How to Write Your Novel series will help you with every step of your writing journey.

Enrol now: www.curtisbrowncreative.co.uk/creative-wri...
November 20, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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Our Black Friday sale is coming! Get 25% off selected short online courses for a limited time. Set your reminders, newsletter subscribers will be sent the discount code at 11am (UK time) on Fri 28 Nov.

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November 20, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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Our #CBCWinterStory25 writing competition is now open for entries on Instagram! Enter by Mon 15 Dec.

Write a flash fiction story inspired by one of the writing prompts set by our tutors to be in with a chance of winning a course.

Find out how to enter: www.curtisbrowncreative.co.uk/blog/how-to-...
November 20, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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Looking for a unique present? 💝

Our writing course vouchers make the perfect practical and inspiring gift for the creative sprits in your life.

Help your loved one unleash their imagination. Select the value of your voucher, starting at just £40: www.curtisbrowncreative.co.uk/gift-voucher
November 19, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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Dedicate six months to getting the best out of your novel on our biggest online course! ✍️

You'll join a group of 15 writers tutored by novelists & creative writing tutors Maame Blue and Cathi Unsworth.

Find out more & apply now: www.curtisbrowncreative.co.uk/course/writi...
November 17, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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Looking for a unique present? 🎁

Our writing course vouchers make the perfect practical and inspiring gift for the creative sprits in your life – the dreamers who love to keep learning new skills.

Select the value of your voucher, starting at £40: www.curtisbrowncreative.co.uk/gift-voucher
November 14, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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Learn the fundamentals of narrative structure and weave together the threads of your story on our four-week online course: Plot & Story – The Deep Dive 📚

Starts this Thurs, enrol now: www.curtisbrowncreative.co.uk/course/plot-...
November 11, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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Last chance to enrol on our Character Development – The Deep Dive course!

Build captivating and memorable characters with believable motivations and compelling story arcs 💫

Enrol now, starts this Thurs: www.curtisbrowncreative.co.uk/course/chara...
November 10, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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Last chance to join our four-week online course: The Literary Agent – with Jonny Geller!

Top literary agent & CEO of Curtis Brown @jonnygeller.bsky.social explores the role of the agent and how to go about getting one.

📆 Begins Thurs: www.curtisbrowncreative.co.uk/course/the-l...
November 10, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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Stay motivated this #NaNoWriMo on our Creative Writing for Beginners course!

CBC Founder & Director Anna Davis will help you unleash your imagination & gain the confidence to put pen to paper ✍️

Course starts this Thurs, enrol now: www.curtisbrowncreative.co.uk/course/creat...
November 10, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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Learn more from historical fiction author, @katemossewriter.bsky.social on our five-week online course Writing Fiction with Kate Mosse!

Learn how to develop rich narrative worlds & find joy in your writing ✨

Course starts next Thurs, enrol now: www.curtisbrowncreative.co.uk/course/writi...
November 7, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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Our Plot & Story – The Deep Dive course starts next week! 📚

Learn the fundamentals of narrative structure and weave together the threads of your story on our four-week online course with teaching from award-winning author Laura Barnett.

Enrol now: www.curtisbrowncreative.co.uk/course/plot-...
November 6, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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#WriteCBC task from @jessicabull.bsky.social: Write an exchange in which a character says one thing but communicates something else entirely. Allow your narrator to draw their own conclusions as to what is really being said. Extra points if you make it festive!
November 6, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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#WriteCBC tip from @jessicabull.bsky.social: Highlight the disparity between what your characters say and what they understand from each other. You can convey so much more by describing their demeanour and internal reflections than by dialogue alone, and the friction will keep your readers hooked!
November 6, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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Last chance to join @vaseemkhanuk.bsky.social for Writing Crime Fiction!

Across six weeks, you’ll learn how to:
🔎 Create memorable detectives
🔎 Write suspenseful investigations
. . . and more to make your story more real for the reader!

Enrol now: www.curtisbrowncreative.co.uk/course/writi...
November 5, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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Bring your characters to life! ✨

Join us for Character Development – The Deep Dive, across four weeks you'll fully develop your protagonist with believable motivations and a compelling story arc.

Course starts next Thurs: www.curtisbrowncreative.co.uk/course/chara...
November 5, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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Our six-week Writing Short Stories course starts this week! ✍️

Hone your storytelling skills & shape brilliantly disciplined prose with teaching from award-winning short story writer and novelist, Cynan Jones.

Course starts on Thurs, enrol now: www.curtisbrowncreative.co.uk/course/writi...
November 4, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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If you love stories that make you swoon, and are keen to write your own, our Writing a Romance Novel course is for you 💕

@jennycolgan.bsky.social will teach you how to write an irresistible romance that readers will fall in love with!

Enrol now: www.curtisbrowncreative.co.uk/course/writi...
November 4, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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Huge congratulations to CBC alumna @nussaibah.bsky.social who won the @cwip.bsky.social at last night's awards for her debut #Fundamentally! 🎉💜

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November 4, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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Our Writing Gothic & Supernatural Fiction starts this week!

Award-winning author Kirsty Logan will help you bewitch your readers with dark and haunting stories that will delight and unnerve in equal measure 🌙

👻 Starts on Thurs, enrol now: www.curtisbrowncreative.co.uk/course/writi...
November 3, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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Achieve your #NaNoWriMo goals, join our 30-Day Writing Bootcamp! ✍️ ✨

Find your writing groove, connect with other writers & make real progress through 30 days of online lessons, tasks and tips.

Our 30-Day Writing Bootcamps start on Monday, enrol now: www.curtisbrowncreative.co.uk/30-day-writi...
November 1, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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Discover what makes literary agents tick! Join our four-week course: The Literary Agent – with Jonny Geller.

Curtis Brown's @jonnygeller.bsky.social will give you the inside track on what an agent does & how to get one.

Course begins 13 Nov. Enrol now: www.curtisbrowncreative.co.uk/course/the-l...
October 30, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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It's time for the November #WriteCBC guest reveal 🥁

Next month's tip and task come from @jessicabull.bsky.social, former CBC student and author of the #MissAustenInvestigates series!

Join us next Thurs! Learn more: www.curtisbrowncreative.co.uk/blog/writecb...
October 30, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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Make real progress with your novel before the end of 2025! ✒️

Join one of our bestselling six-week online courses: Starting to Write Your Novel, Write to the End of Your Novel or Edit & Pitch Your Novel.

Courses begin tomorrow, enrol now: www.curtisbrowncreative.co.uk/creative-wri...
October 29, 2025 at 12:29 PM