This 8-week online course is aimed at writers who want to embark on a journey to write fiction in English as a second language. By the end of this course, students will have acquired a range of craft and stylistic techniques and learnt to apply them; developed metaliterary language and used it appropriately to comment their own text and their peers’; and learnt to reflect on their stylistic and narrative choices and on their own creative process.

Objectives

The aim of this course is to gather confidence writing in English as a second language and to embark on a journey to discover one’s authorial voice in a second language. Furthermore, students will be able to work towards the following measurable outcomes:

• Approach and learn how to apply core craft and stylistic techniques.
• Learn how to reflect on personal stylistic and narrative choices.
• Expand one’s metalinguistic and metaliterary vocabulary and use it confidently in reflective and critical writing.
• Familiarise with the concepts of identity and otherness of one’s authorial voice.

This course is suitable for both beginners who approach creative writing for the first time and more experienced writers who are familiar with core craft techniques in their own language. The minimum English level required is a solid B2 on the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (self-certified), with an intermediate-to-proficient level of writing.

1. Page one: genesis of an ESL text
2. Basic composition tools
3. Narrators: point of view and voices
4. Setting: place, language and culture
5. Structure and theme of a story
6. Tone in a second language
7. Bi/multi/translingual writing
8. Fundamentals of style and revision strategies

This course will be delivered at Escuela de Escritores (Calle de Covarrubias 1). The closest metro stations are Alonso Martínez (line 4, 5 and 10) and Bilbao (lines 1 and 4).

We have spacious and bright classrooms, equipped with a projector and free internet access. Students have at their disposal comfortable common areas, a complete library, rest area and work tables.

On each session, the tutor will introduce a topic and a writing prompt. Students are expected to write between sessions and to share their texts in class so that the tutor and peers can comment on them.

• The monthly payment for this course is €130, plus €30 registration fee.
• If you opt for a single payment, the price for the entire course is €260 (no registration fee).

You can pay by transfer, bank deposit or direct debit (from Spanish bank accounts), in cash or by card (at Escuela de Escritores) and online with a bank card on our secure payment platform.