Here's how we help you stop fucking about and start writing
Join thousands of extremely awesome writers just like you*
Highlights include: mainlining a butt-tonne of tea and biscuits ALL THE TIME, and finally writing the stories you’ve been dreaming about.
*Not exactly like you, because you are unique and special and that’s what makes your writing fucking brilliant, but enough like you that you’re not roaming around feeling like the only person in the world who is thinking these thoughts right now like god why is it like this am I an absolute freak?! You’re not a freak. You’re just a writer. It’s all good. Shhhhh there. Have some tea.
Develop a writing practice
Sure, you could just sit down and write, but life has a habit of getting in the way. We have a system for that!
Create a writing practice that is sustainable, joyful and productive with a series of courses and workshop that supports you to show up for your writing in a way that works for you.
Weekly writing challenges • Weekly writing sessions • Monthly support groups • Workshops and festivals • Always-on accountability community
Learn your craft, grow your skills
There’s two paths to improving your writing: learning technical skills and learning how to be as human as you goddamn can. We’re here for all of it.
From long-form courses to one hour generative workshops covering everything you need to know about writing novels, short stories, flash fiction, to essays and blogs on how to exist in this late capitalist hellscape and how it relates to your work.
We have hundreds of hours of creative writing courses, resources, workshops and general ephemera that will support you to tell the stories that only you can tell.
500+ hours of writing resources • 25+ creative writing courses • Expert-led workshops • Library of exercises and tutorials
Build a writing portfolio you're proud of
Write a short story every week with Flash Face Off. Get your novel written with Plotstormers and The First Draft and find out what to do next. Curate a collection of short stories. Submit and get published in lit mags. Meet some of the best people you’ll ever meet and build a body of work that makes you go ‘holy shit, I wrote that!’
Whatever your goals, we’re here to help you extract all your best stories from your brain and make them real.
Real deadlines • Live feedback • Genuine support • Real community
WHQ has given me the courage and tools to turn a vague notion of trying to write into my driving passion, along with the support and wonderful company of the most amazing people I have ever encountered. There are no words for how much this has enhanced my life.
– Heather H
Writers’ HQ isn’t just where stories get written. It’s where badass writers get brave, get unstuck, and get shit done.
Not just courses. A complete writing ecosystem designed to support you from the first word on a page right the way to The End.
Master your craft
Over 25 in-depth creative writing courses covering everything from the shortest to the longest stories
Get writing, stay writing
Write-together sessions, online and real life retreats, and support groups keep you on track
Be challenged
Stay motivated with writing festivals and challenges all year round
Sharpen your skills
Live workshops and expert-led masterclasses to help you hone your talent
Never miss a class
Learn at your own pace with our on-demand video library and workshop replays
Love and support
Stay inspired, supported, and seen in the most supportive writing community this side of the internet
Writers’ HQ is quite simply writer heaven. An inexhaustible source of knowledge, good advice and stimulation, this community is the perfect place to share passions and feed off of the positive energy of a truly wonderful bunch of human writerbeings.
– Terry H
It's tea. It's swearing. It’s thousands of writers cheering you on through every draft, deadline, and doubt.
All Writers’ HQ stuff is split into five main, err, fronds? Departments? Sections? You know what we mean: get me writing, novel writing, short stories, flash fiction, writing as resistance.
Get Me Writing
A series of courses, challenges and workshops to help you build your writing practice from the ground up in a way that works for you
Novel Writing
Courses, workshops and other resources to help you plot, write and edit your novel, including the Write A Novel Festival, Wild Draft Months, and Write November
Short Stories
Learn the fundamentals of short story writing, refine your skills, master your craft, and write all round banging stories. Including the Write A Short Story Festival and Mass Submission Project.
Flash Fiction
Discover how to write teeny tiny stories with a mammoth size gut punch, with weekly writing challenges, feedback, open mic evenings, courses and workshops.
Writing as Resistance
For writers exploring climate change, resistance and rebellion in their work - one mammoth course, a library of workshops and an annual festival dedicated to sticking it to the man.
Thanks to the wonderfully supportive WHQ community who have become real friends, I’m now a published writer with words appearing in over 18 countries. And I’ve finally finished that novel!
– Kirsti
Ready to stop fucking about and start writing?
C'mon. What are you waiting for? This is your dream!
All prices in UK Pounds