What our students say:

"This workshop has really given me the confidence to finally have a go at something I've always dreamed of doing. I don't know if I'll ever make a good writer, but I do know that I can enjoy writing." Student, Online Writing Workshop, 2003

"The course really helped me focus my ideas and has made me feel that it is possible for me to achieve my goal of getting published. " Student, Writing Children's Fiction, 2003

"I was apprehensive about signing up for an online course. Would the tutors be dry and distant? Would I feel that I was ploughing through screens full of written material? Would I miss the human touch? I am pleased to say that all these fears were unfounded. The tutor has been friendly, attentive and extremely helpful, giving constructive criticism promptly with each of our postings. The written materials were clear and instructive and as for the human touch. I feel as if I've made some good friends on this course and I will miss them all now that the course is over." Student, 2003

"The course was stimulating, interesting and challenging. The support provided by the tutor and other students was incredibly helpful. Would recommend the course to anyone who's always wanted to write. Let's just say I'm now well into my first novel!" Student, Writing Crime and Mystery Fiction, 2003

"I'd thoroughly recommend this course to anyone and everyone interested in writing. I found it vastly stimulating and productive. Any writer, from beginner to the most experienced, would find it an invaluable way of pushing their limits. Alan is a very skilful and generous tutor. Writers should be queuing up to get on this one." Student, Experimental Writing, 2002

"Responsive instructors, small class size and the ability to log in anytime and post a question or a comment make trAce a comfortable and rewarding place to learn online."
Student, 2001

"When I signed up for the course, I hoped for some professional feedback on my work, the chance to interact with other writers and some practical instruction. I received all this and more. Our instructor has been generous, patient and encouraging, enabling me to finish the course with a piece of work that is almost ready to send off to an agent. I have been given useful advice from published authors and aspiring writers alike, and have made some online friendships with other writers that will last long after the course itself has ended. This course has been a complete success for me and I would not hesitate to recommend it to anyone else."
Student, Writing Children's Fiction, 2001

"I have found this to be an excellent course. It has given me great encouragement and insight into writing children's fiction. I feel that I have discovered the genre that I am happy with and I have now got motivation and direction to continue as a writer." Student, Writing Children's Fiction, 2001

"A good way of improving your writing skills and making new 'writing buddies' without leaving your home. Can be fitted into your own lifestyle." Student, Short Fiction, 2001

"This was a blast: my fellow students produced smart, thoughtful, funny, beautiful and hilarious work. I felt challenged to do my best and excited to see how others were progressing with their pieces. I plan to follow their work from now on! I'm astonished by how much I learned about Flash in six short weeks; I had high hopes and they were far exceeded." Student, Animated Poetry in Flash, 2001

"I recommend Alan's course on Experimental Writing for anyone wanting to discover the interface between writing and computers, and who aren't afraid to lean a bit over the edge."
Student, Experimental Writing, 2001

"This course allowed me to focus on my writing in a way I never have in 'realtime' classes because there aren't the distractions of daily meetings, but it had all the advantages of other people's considered responses, as well as a thoughtful, honest and skilled tutor who seemed to know just how to make us push into new zones. And all being online, you don't lose most of the comments and responses as you do listening in a room, you download them to think about."
Student, Short Fiction, 2001

"It's a chance to have your writing critiqued in a safe environment so that you can improve your writing. I feel to have moved on a long way in the past 6 weeks. It's also an opportunity to critique others' writing and compare your critique to others' critiques. The short 'lectures' are useful."
Student, July 2001

"After paddling on the edge for ages, this course actually enabled me to start making work in Flash. Peter Howard is very clear and helpful, the course is well thought-through; the assignments are both challenging and fun. The most useful writing course I've ever done."
Student, Animated Poetry in Flash

"Taking part in the first ever Experimental Writing course run by the trAce Writing School was fantastic, it opened my eyes to new ways of working with text and technology... "
Student, Experimental Writing

"The trAce online writing courses are the perfect way to brush up your skills, develop new ones you didn't know you had, and make new friends with like-minded people." Student, June 2001