Quote: Deferenz @ September 12 2008, 10:43 AM BST
Has anyone here done Marc Blakes course at City university in London? If so what did you think of it? Is it helpful to sharpen your skills or does it teach you things you never knew or does it simply inspire your confidence being in an environment with other writers who all take the craft seriously?
It costs £150 for the 10 week course, with each weekly session being 2 hours long. This seems like good value for money in my opinion and I am considering trying to enrole for the January 2009 course.
I'm interested in anyones feedback.
Def.
I did his course a few years ago & I would urge you to do it. It depends what you're looking for- I felt I had an aptitude for writing comedy but had no clue how to go about it. Marc's course provided a steady framework, a strong sense of it being 'possible' & a chance to meet other fools like myself (always good source material). It proved an important catalyst for my budding career- classes were always a mixture of writing exercises, input & irreverent debate. Marc's also written a little guide to writing sitcom-can't recall title but easily Googled..it more or less summarises what he teaches on the course but nothing quite like hearing it straight from the horse's mouth.
