Creative editing: how to revise your manuscript  

Do you have a draft of a novel (or most of one) that you're struggling to revise? Have you written short stories that you'd like to improve? This course will offer inspiring ways to kickstart the redrafting of such projects. We'll address key aspects of fiction writing - crafting convincing dialogue, writing scenes, conveying tone - and grapple with the way that larger factors, like plot and theme, can be adjusted and refined. Our intention is to reframe editing as a creative, exciting endeavour and to leave you with new ideas and new enthusiasm for the next draft of your project. This is a Creative Writing 10 session course and must be taken with W4CWPm51 in week 4.

Typical week: Monday to Friday 

Courses run from Monday to Friday. For each week of study, you select a morning (Am) course and an afternoon (Pm) course. The maximum class size is 25 students.   

Courses are complemented by a series of daily plenary lectures, exploring new ideas in a wide range of disciplines. To add to your learning experience, we are also planning additional evening talks and events. 

Evaluation and Academic Credit  

If you are seeking to enhance your own study experience, or earn academic credit from your Cambridge Summer Programme studies at your home institution, you can submit written work for assessment for one or more of your courses.  

Essay questions are set and assessed against the University of Cambridge standard by your Course Director, a list of essay questions can be found in the Course Materials. Essays are submitted two weeks after the end of each course, so those studying for multiple weeks need to plan their time accordingly. There is an evaluation fee of £75 per essay. 

For more information about writing essays see Evaluation and Academic Credit. 

Certificate of attendance 

A certificate of attendance will be sent to you electronically after the programme.