Writing courses

‘I have created these three free writing courses because of my disappointment with just about every online writing course I have come across. Many overcomplicate the writing process and confuse emerging writers who are seeking guidance on the fundamentals of writing. Others are clearly run by charlatans, providing far less than they promise, and then asking for more money for further information.

‘My courses provide advice, tips and exercises on what I consider to be the fundamentals of writing. I use my own experiences as both a writer and teacher and do so in a way that is easily understood and engaging.

‘In these courses, I leave nothing behind. Both the structure and the content of the courses have been designed to ensure you end a course with more knowledge, guidance and confidence than you came into them with.’ – Nicolas Brasch

‘Nic’s teaching has been invaluable to my craft. I started my writing journey under his guidance and feel confident in the path ahead. A passionate teacher.’ – Tay

‘After learning from Nic, my writing process has become more refined and enjoyable than I ever believed it could be. If you’re looking for a true expert, the search ends here.’ – Lauren

Writing Stories

Writing Stories provides you with the fundamentals to writing a story, whether it be a short story or a novel, or something in between.

Writing Stories is designed to take you from the idea stage, to revising a draft. It is self-paced, and includes exercises that consolidate what you are learning. There are seven lessons:

  • Letting ideas loose
  • Creating conflict
  • Creating characters
  • Your inciting incident
  • Story structures
  • Point of view
  • Troubleshooting your first draft

To start, click on the link to Lesson 1 – Letting Ideas Loose.

Good luck – and enjoy!

Intro to writing stories

Lesson 1 – Letting ideas loose

Lesson 2 – Creating conflict

Lesson 3 – Creating characters

Lesson 4 – Your inciting incident

Lesson 5 – Story structures

Lesson 6 – Point of view

Lesson 7 -Troubleshooting your first draft

Business Writing

This course will provide you with the basic skills and knowledge to ensure your business writing delivers what you want it to. It is based on experiences from more than two decades of practice as a business writer and workshop facilitator. Thousands of individuals and hundreds of organisations have had their business writing dramatically improved because of the fundamentals outlined in this course.

The seven lessons are:

  • Characteristics of business writing
  • Knowing your audience
  • Identifying your purpose
  • Creating a call to action
  • Selling benefits not features
  • Using clear, concise language
  • Revising your work

To start, click on the link to Lesson 1 – Characteristics of business writing

Good luck – and enjoy!

Intro to bus writing

L1 Characteristics of Bus Writing

L2 Know your audience

L3 identify purpose

L4 call to action

L5 Benefits not features

L6 Using clear language

L7 revising your work

Writing a Memoir

This course covers many aspects of memoir writing. While some relate to the craft of writing, others discuss issues specific to memoir writing, such as moral and ethical dilemmas, and the notion of truth.

Writing a Memoir is designed to give you an understanding of what makes a good memoir. So many people are writing a memoir, yours needs to stand out to give it the best possible chance of publication and of finding an audience. The seven lessons are:

  • What is a memoir?
  • Ethical and moral dilemmas
  • Memories and truth
  • Researching and structuring a memoir
  • Conflict and character
  • Why? Understanding motivation.
  • Perhapsing

Whether you are midway through writing a memoir, or right at the start of the process, this is the course for you.

To start, click on the link to Lesson 1 – Writing a memoir

Good luck – and enjoy!

Memoirs Introduction

L1 What is a Memoir

L2 Ethical and moral dilemas

L3 Memories and Truth

L4 Researching and structuring a memoir

L5 Conflict and character

L6 Why Understanding motivation

L7 Perhapsing