- A taste of creative writing
- Advanced critical workshop for creative writers
- Approaches to writing
- Autobiographical writing
- Autobiography into fiction
- Comedy sketch writing
- Comedy writing for TV: the mechanics
- Comedy's heart of darkness
- Creating fiction
- Creative non-fiction
- Creative writing: making characters work
- Crime writing: an introduction
- Developing your writing
- Exploring fiction
- Furthering your creative writing
- Getting your poetry published
- How to write fiction
- How to write novels
- How to write novels (continuation)
- Improve your English through creative writing (level 1)
- Improve your English through creative writing (level 2)
- Introduction to novel plotting
- Joke writing
- Playwriting: an introduction
- Playwriting: stage 1
- Playwriting: stage 1 (continuation)
- Playwriting: stage 1(continuation)
- Playwriting: stage 2
- Poetry in the making
- Poetry in the making with John Stammers
- Reading for writers
- Screenwriting: an introduction
- Screenwriting: stage 1
- Screenwriting: stage 2
- Screenwriting: the horror film
- Scriptwriting for television
- Scriptwriting for television: an introduction
- Short story writing : daytime
- Short story writing: evening
- The art of lying: creative writing
- Timelines for writers
- Try your hand at writing drama: a taster
- Ways into creative writing
- Ways into poetry
- Write a short story in a weekend
- Write nonsense! From Alice in Wonderland to Spike Milligan
- Writers' club
- Writing a short film
- Writing children's books
- Writing children's books (continuation)
- Writing comedy scripts
- Writing fiction
- Writing for children
- Writing for children (continuation)
- Writing for children workshop
- Writing for children: a taster
- Writing for children: the picture book
- Writing short stories for magazines
- Writing thriller screenplays
- Writing your family biography
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- Visual arts
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- Advanced acting courses
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- Follow-on drama courses
- Introductory drama courses
- Musical theatre diploma
- One and two-day courses
- One-week intensive course
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- One-year drama foundation course
- Professional skills - technical
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- Alexander technique
- Anatomy and physiology
- Complementary health studies
- Continuing professional development for therapists
- Energy, healing and meditation
- First aid
- Massage and bodywork: introductory level
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- Movement classes
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- Stress management
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- Speech therapy
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Humanities
Tel: 020 7492 2652
Advice times:
During term-time
Monday 12.30–13.30 and 17.30–18.30
Thursday 12.30–13.30 and 17.30–18.30
Non term-time
Tuesday 17.30–18.30
Wednesday 12.30–13.30
Featured course
Ways into philosophy (great thinkers)
Why City Lit?
If you are looking for a great choice of inspiring courses; a bright, modern environment to learn in located in central London; the opportunity to have fun and meet like-minded people, we look forward to seeing you at City Lit!