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Our 3-month group coaching programme for writers
“After completing the Amplify course this summer, I just wanted to share the news that I have now been signed by a major literary agent. I’m both excited and terrified about the journey but I know that building my confidence, focus and resilience during the Being a Writer course definitely played a part in getting me to this stage.” Amplify 2024 participant
Are you a writer?
Have you taken all of the courses and read all the books on craft?
Perhaps you’re already published or more advanced, and other writing courses don’t feel quite ‘right’?
Amplify your creative practice with TLC. In this 3 month group coaching programme, come together with like-minded writers working seriously towards individual writing goals, who want to make tangible progress with their writing with the support of their peers. This is a course about you.
By the end of the programme, previous participants have told us they felt:
more calm;
more spacious;
more energised;
more connected;
more determined;
more accommodating of fear;
less blocked;
less overwhelmed;
MORE CREATIVE;
MORE JOYFUL.
If this resonates, then we’d love for you to join us.
Length: 12 weeks
Location: Online (Live sessions 7-8.30pm UK time 22nd Jan; 5th Feb; 19th Feb; 5th March; 19th March; 2nd April; 9th April 2025)
Level: Intermediate to advanced*
Tutor: Julia Forster
Places: 15 places maximum
Fees: £850/£600; Earlybird £650/£500
*This is a group coaching programme and is best suited to committed writers who already have a solid grasp of basic elements of craft.
Being A Writer Members can access this programme at a reduced rate. To access your Member ticket below, please ensure you are logged in to your Being A Writer account.
Not yet a member of Being A Writer? Find out more here
Format: Circle, our digital teaching platform. A stable internet connection is recommended. Video participation is encouraged. Sessions will run 7.00-8.30pm (UK time, but members from all time zones are welcome) online on a biweekly basis beginning January 22nd.
Materials: Materials can be made available in advance or after the session on request. Any shared screens will be audio-described by the tutor. No flashing images will be used at any time
Bursaries: 1x 100% bursary available, 1x 50% bursary available. Please apply with a short covering letter telling us why you are applying to with the subject header ‘Bursary [100% OR 50%], Write Club Plus Amplify; by no later than 9am GMT December 16th. Please note that free Being A Writer membership is not included with bursary enrolment.
Other: We invite any access requirements not covered here to be sent to us at least 10 working days clear of the start date by email to
Julia Forster has worked in publishing for over twenty years. She is currently Co-Director of Being A Writer for TLC and elsewhere she works in PR for independent presses. Julia is is an accredited Coach, specialising in working with authors from her base in mid-Wales, Write Within, which also includes a custom built writers’ retreat. She has written both fiction and non-fiction and is represented by C+W agency; her most recent book was a coming-of-age novel, published in 2016 with Atlantic Books called What a Way to Go. Julia recently received an award from the Society of Authors for a collection of poems which she is currently completing. Her roles in publishing have included working in a literary agency in Soho and screening manuscripts for writer development prizes and awards. As a journalist, poet and critic, her work has appeared in Agenda, Arts Professional, PN Review, Resurgence, New Welsh Review, The Author, The Telegraph and Writing in Education. Julia is also a TLC Editor and Mentor and has coached a number of writers through their fiction and non fiction projects.
