Kill Your Darlings Writing Courses



Browse our wide range of courses with award-winning writers across a variety of genres.


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Writing Boot Camp with Rebecca Starford

Transform Your Writing Life in 30 Days

Rebecca Starford

Rebecca Starford

$99

Writing Memoir through Poetry with Sara M Saleh

An inspiring guide on how to use memory to build a suite of poems.

Sara M Saleh

Sara M Saleh

$129

Poetry Masterclass (3 Courses)

Three practical courses on writing poetry - save $112!

Courses: 3

$395

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Writing Very Short Stories with Ennis Ćehić

Learn to craft engaging flash fiction

​Ennis Ćehić

​Ennis Ćehić

$119

Crafting Beautiful Sentences with Emily Bitto

Learn practical strategies to improve your writing on a sentence level

Emily Bitto

Emily Bitto

$189

Writing Historical Fiction with Hannah Kent

Learn how to research and write a work of historical fiction

Hannah Kent

Hannah Kent

$189

Short-form Memoir with Jenny Valentish

Learn how to craft a captivating piece of short memoir

Jenny Valentish

Jenny Valentish

$189

Structuring Short Stories with Julie Koh

Learn how to utilise form and structure in your short stories

Julie Koh

Julie Koh

$189

Writing Creative Non-Fiction Essays with Sophie Cunningham

Everything you need to know about the creative possibilities in essay writing

Sophie Cunningham

Sophie Cunningham

$189

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New Mega Kits


Purchase some of our most popular courses together and save!

Poetry Masterclass (3 Courses)

Three practical courses on writing poetry - save $112!

Courses: 3

$395

Short Story Kit

6 courses on all things short fiction writing – save $685!

Courses: 6

$449

Non-fiction Kit

5 courses on all things non-fiction writing – save $496!

Courses: 5

$449

Writing a Novel Kit

5 courses designed to help you craft your novel – save $496!

Courses: 5

$449

Memoir Kit

5 courses on writing memoir – save $496!

Courses: 5

$449

Preparing for Publication

Three courses on taking your manuscript to the next step — save $278!

Courses: 3

$229

Short Stories

Structure, characters, language, dialogue & endings


Non-fiction

Essays, opinion & criticism 


Fiction

Literary and genre (crime, thrillers, historical, speculative)


YA / Kids

Young adult & middle grade fiction


Poetry

Poetic language & practice


Memoir

Longform memoir & personal essays


Getting Published

Preparing your manuscript for publication



Improving Your Craft

Learn practical skills and approaches to make your writing shine


Get Motivated!

Improve your writing practice & get inspired