Tutor - Ben Platts-Mills

Fridays, 10.30am - 3.30pm | 5 weeks

Starts Friday 6 November 2026

In this 5-week course you'll cultivate your writing voice with an emphasis on emotion, metaphor, poetics and humour. Grounded in non-fiction and life writing, you'll learn how to make your reactions to experiences the energy source for your writing, the way style communicates purpose, the way point of view can vitalise and transform subject matter. Through a combination of live writing exercises, critical reading, and observational practice, the course will help you develop the way that only you can write.

Buying as a gift?

When buying a course or workshop you will be automatically emailed a confirmation which you can print off and include in a card for your loved one. Gift vouchers can also be bought if you aren't sure which course they would prefer. Please email us the name and email address of the person attending on drawingschool@rwa.org.uk 

Before booking we ask everyone please read our updated Terms and Conditions.  

Participants must be 18 or over. 

If eligible, discounts must be applied when first purchasing your class and cannot be given retrospectively. Please contact us if the discount code is not working.

If you have a disability, learning difficulty or mental health issue which you feel may affect your participation in your chosen class, please either email drawingschool@rwa.org.uk or call 01179067600, prior to booking, so we are aware of any needs you may have. 

Refund/transfer and Cancellation Policy: We are unable to offer full or part cash refunds, but you are eligible for an RWA gift voucher or transfer, minus an admin fee*, provided you notify us more than 14 days before the start of your class with us. If we cancel a course or workshop for any reason, then participants will be offered a different date, course/workshop or RWA gift voucher. 

*Admin fee for courses £25, Admin fee for workshops £15