What is a feedback clinic?
Clinics are online feedback groups led by experienced, award-winning writers or editors. Over three or six months, depending on the course, you upload your work onto our online learning platform and your tutor then provides personalised feedback on your work.
Our online platform makes it easy for all participants to give and receive feedback. The tutor will encourage all participants to provide feedback to their peers. Giving and receiving feedback is an essential part of the writing and editing process.
Visit our events page to see the range of clinics that we currently have available.
What can I work on during a clinic?
You can work on anything that you would like feedback on, within the word limits. It might be a new piece of work, the first three chapters of your book, your poetry collection or pieces that contain illustrations/experimental media.
What types of clinics are there?
We run short story, poetry, creative nonfiction, crime fiction, memoir and romance clinics. Depending on tutor availability and interest, we offer a new combination of clinics every season.
Most clinics also have a workshop, which introduces you to the tutor and your peers and provides essential information about craft (point of view, structure, narrative voice, etc) and technique.
Can I register in more than one clinic at one time?
Yes, absolutely!
How many people can participate in a clinic?
We want you to get the most out of a clinic so we limit our workshops and clinics to small groups of up to 16 people. This ensures you have plenty of time to interact in the workshops, and for tutors to provide you with personalised writing advice during the feedback rounds. It also keeps the workload manageable for you to provide feedback on your peers’ work.
What dates and times does it run?
Clinics are run in each season program. They are run over three to six months, one round for each month. You will have several opportunities to upload your work and interact with other participants in that time. Word limits apply to each submission round.
Clinics don’t run on any set times and dates, you choose the time that suits you to write and edit your material. You only need to make a note of the submission dates and feedback dates.
How much time do I need to commit to the clinics?
This course allows you the flexibility to spend as much time as you need to work on your writing. We suggest three to four hours a month to upload your work, read the work of your peers, provide feedback, ask questions and read your tutor’s notes. The online feedback clinics are designed to help you advance your writing project in a supportive environment.
How long will I have to give feedback?
You will have two weeks between rounds to read and give feedback to other writers in the group.
Do we meet online or in person?
Clinics are only online and offer a flexible way to access feedback, professional development and industry networking.
Will my stories be public?
No. Your stories will only be seen by your tutor, clinic colleagues and the course administrator. We operate a safe online learning platform which means that all your posts will be private and password encrypted.
Can I write under a pseudonym?
Yes. You can choose to submit your work using your name or a pseudonym. If you wish to use a pseudonym, please make sure to let us know: [email protected].
What’s your cancellation policy for feedback clinics?
Clinics are non-refundable.