About Norfolk Writing School
Our Mission
At Norfolk Writing School, formerly Dojustaboutanything.com, we empower aspiring writers to unlock their creativity and share their stories in our writing courses. Our courses - including our online writing classes - 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 in Vancouver Quarter. The follow-up course Publish Your Book has now launched in Shouldham, as well as new versions of the Write Your Book courses in King's Lynn, one-off workshops and a forthcoming crime fiction class. 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
Start Your Book workshop, March 2026
£45.00
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Want to write a book but not sure where to start? Come on our 2 hour workshop and learn practical and creative ways to get started and plan the chapters of your non-fiction book or novel. Find out more about the publishing landscape. Get £10 off our 8-week courses or day retreats.
Led by author Piper Terrett, former Financial Times Group journalist and former lecturer in writing at London Metropolitan University.
2 hour session at venue tbc in Shouldham, Wed 4 March 2026
Write Your Book, King's Lynn, April 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 author 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 Wednesdays at the Carnegie Library in King's Lynn from April 15, 10am to 12noon. Price includes a free session on the follow-up course, Publish Your Book.
Bloody Murder! How to Write Crime Fiction, May 2026
£250.00
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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 author 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.
£250 for 8 weeks of 2-hour sessions at Norfolk Writing School in Downham from May.
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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