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From a blank page to a finished short story in six weeks.
- 12 lessons
- 6h 05m
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- 3,560 students
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“Finish it badly. Then make it good.Finish it badly. Then make it good.


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Three novels, one prize and a weekly writing group she has run for ten years. 10 years in the work, 3,560 students on Primer.
Short lessons filmed close, one real project, and written notes on every piece a student sends in.
Finish it badly. Then make it good.

Project · A 3,000-word short story$59Writing · All levels
From a blank page to a finished short story in six weeks.

lovely — push this furtherShort lessons I could do on the train, and a teacher who actually read my pages. I finished a story for the first time.
Result: Story published
Novelist · Writing
“Finish it badly. Then make it good.Finish it badly. Then make it good.


In their words
Three novels, one prize and a weekly writing group she has run for ten years. 10 years in the work, 3,560 students on Primer.
Short lessons filmed close, one real project, and written notes on every piece a student sends in.
Finish it badly. Then make it good.

Project · A 3,000-word short story$59Writing · All levels
From a blank page to a finished short story in six weeks.

lovely — push this furtherShort lessons I could do on the train, and a teacher who actually read my pages. I finished a story for the first time.
Result: Story published
Novelist · Writing
“Finish it badly. Then make it good.Finish it badly. Then make it good.


In their words
Three novels, one prize and a weekly writing group she has run for ten years. 10 years in the work, 3,560 students on Primer.
Short lessons filmed close, one real project, and written notes on every piece a student sends in.
Finish it badly. Then make it good.

Project · A 3,000-word short story$59Writing · All levels
From a blank page to a finished short story in six weeks.

lovely — push this furtherShort lessons I could do on the train, and a teacher who actually read my pages. I finished a story for the first time.
Result: Story published


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Final lesson · Start today
Pick any course and watch the first lesson today. No card, no catch.
★ 4.9 · 12,480 students · 14-day money back


Coloured in0%Finished piece
Final lesson · Start today
Pick any course and watch the first lesson today. No card, no catch.
★ 4.9 · 12,480 students · 14-day money back