A creative writing course is usually open to anyone who wants to develop and promote their talent for speaking and writing, who enjoys working with words and written text, who wants to learn how to express themselves authentically and create new worlds, who wants to refine their writing style and pay attention to the smallest nuances, who not only wants to convey facts with their writing, but also create images to move other people, inspire them, make them sit up and take notice, amaze them, disturb them, move them to tears, ... .

There is no federally recognized training or continuing education, further training in the field of creative writing, but there is a related advanced training course with Federal Professional Examination (FPE) to become a copywriter with a Federal Certificate of Proficiency.

A distance learning course at an established distance learning school is basically no different to a classroom-based school where you attend lessons once a week. However, the great advantage of a distance learning course is that you can get creative exactly when you feel like it, without having to take course times into consideration. Although creative writing is a craft that needs to be learned, it also depends on many other factors, such as rest, time and leisure, which are optimally provided in a distance learning seminar and can be individually tailored. Professional feedback is a matter of course for the work you submit to the distance learning school. You will receive constructive criticism, praise and suggestions for improvement from your personal distance learning teacher and can contact them at any time if you have any questions.

You cannot learn creative writing in one day, which is why a writing course usually lasts several weeks to months, or even up to a year depending on the school. For detailed course dates, please contact the relevant writing schools directly using our contact form.

The course costs for a creative writing seminar can vary greatly depending on the provider and duration, ranging from CHF 340 to almost CHF 3,000 and more.