About Norfolk Writing School
Our Mission
At Norfolk Writing School, we empower aspiring writers to unlock their creativity and share their stories in our writing courses. Our courses are designed to provide practical skills and guidance for writing and publishing.
Led by former Financial Times Group journalist, author and former London Metropolitan University lecturer, Piper Terrett, we teach budding writers the skills to get their writing projects down on page and published.
Based in Shouldham Thorpe, West Norfolk, we run the Write Your Book course, running in Shouldham and at The Workshop, King's Lynn at The Carnegie Library. The follow-up course Publish Your Book launched earlier this year in Shouldham, as well as one-off workshops, a fortnightly Writing Club and a forthcoming crime fiction class in the autumn. We will also be running a series of writers' retreats in 2026.
Write Your Book is exactly what I needed to plan my writing project! Piper Terrett is brilliant; an experienced, astute, supportive tutor who radiates positivity.
Mark
Write Your Book, Shouldham, September 2026
£250.00
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Learn everything about how to get started on writing your book, whether a non-fiction or fiction title, from how to plan it, to writing it, editing it and preparing for publication or self-publishing. The course includes practical exercises and feedback on your writing and features small friendly groups. No experience necessary.
Led by Piper Terrett, freelance journalist and author, former Financial Times Group journalist and former lecturer in writing at London Metropolitan University.
£250 for 8 weeks of 2-hour sessions on Fridays in Shouldham from September 2026. Pay upfront and get a free session on the follow-up course, Publish Your Book.
Writing Club - fortnightly
£10.00
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Meet with our small, friendly new writing group to discuss writing issues and topics, read out or share your work with others (not compulsory), try small creative writing tasks and enjoy sessions/talks led by other writers or those in the publishing/creative field. No experience necessary.
Led by author Piper Terrett, freelance journalist, former Financial Times Group journalist and former lecturer in writing at London Metropolitan University.
£10 a fortnightly session at Norfolk Writing School in Shouldham from June 2026.
Bloody Murder! How to Write Crime Fiction, Autumn 2026
£180.00
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Learn about the history of crime fiction, the different genres within it and how to plot and write your own crime fiction novel. The course includes practical exercises and feedback on your writing in small, friendly groups. No experience necessary.
Led by Piper Terrett, freelance journalist and author, former Financial Times Group journalist and former lecturer in writing at London Metropolitan University. Piper studied with Suffolk-based crime writer Lesley Grant-Adamson at City University and as a private pupil.
£180 for 6 weeks of 2-hour sessions at Words & Wonder Bookshop in Downham from Autumn 2026.
Start Your Book, Shouldham, 2026
£45.00
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Learn how to get started on your book, whether a non-fiction or fiction title, from how to plan it, to tricks for how to get in the creative zone and get your first draft written, and how to approach common writers' issues. No experience necessary.
Led by Piper Terrett, freelance journalist and author, former Financial Times Group journalist and former lecturer in writing at London Metropolitan University.
£45 for a one-off, 2-hour session at Norfolk Writing School in Shouldham on how to start your book. Can be a one-on-one session or in a small, friendly group.
Private Writing Tuition
£300.00
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Four private hour-long sessions with author Piper Terrett, former Financial Times Group journalist and former lecturer in writing at London Metropolitan University, either in person in Shouldham, Norfolk, or online via Teams.
Piper will look over selected chapters of your manuscript ahead of the meetings - four sets of three to four chapters - and provide individual feedback, suggestions and support.
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