Poetry & Creative Writing Classes with Louisa

From 549.23 CNY /h

Would you love to write, but don't know where to begin? Perhaps you're already writing or studying English/creative writing, and need a hand? Would you benefit from 1-1, tailored support?

I'm a writer and poet, and my experience of tutoring hundreds of people over the past couple of decades has taught me that anyone can write with the right tools, support and encouragement! We all have experiences we can draw on to express ourselves creatively through the written word. Children, young people, and those experiencing challenges often find writing particularly beneficial and enjoyable. I am here to help inspire new and emerging writers by guiding you through the basics of writing, facilitating a deepened enjoyment and understanding of the power of words, and, importantly, supporting you to have confidence in your unique voice.

These interactive, informal, and supportive online classes are aimed at students of any age (above 7 years) who wish to write poetry, short stories, or creative prose (such as life writing). This includes beginners who are keen to learn basic writing skills, and those with some experience wishing to develop their practice and learn more, including students of English and creative writing at school, college or outside of formal education. Although we will touch on key grammatical terms, the focus will be on your creative expression through the written word.

In these classes, which will be tailored according to age, experience, needs, and areas of interest, students will learn the basics of writing short stories, including flash fiction; poetry, including free verse and traditional forms such as Haiku and sonnets; and creative prose, including life writing or short creative essays. You can attend as many classes as you like, and together, we will build your skills and understanding of creative writing, including identifying the stories you want to tell. The classes will be a mix of presentation, 'warm-up' writing activities, discussion, reading and analysing key texts, main writing activities, and redrafting, editing and proof-reading your work.

For those wishing to get published, there will be additional optional support available, such as detailed editing and mentoring advice, as well as hints and tips on developing as a writer.

Bring what you need to me, and we will shape the classes together!

I hold a recent DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) check, and parents or guardians of students under 18 years of age are welcome to meet the tutor first, and/or sit in on the classes. I look forward to hearing from you!

Extra information

Bring a notebook and pen, and a laptop if you wish. A quiet space to work is ideal.

Location

Online from United Kingdom

About Me

Hi! I'm a writer, poet and tutor based in Southwest England. I believe that anyone can be a writer, and that literature and the Arts should be accessible to all. I love inspiring and supporting others to find their voice through creative writing.

Education

5 GCSEs at grade C or above, including English, French, and Drama
Sociology A-level (grade A)
Sociology BA (hons) from the University of Exeter
Scholarship for Emblaze Masterclass on Novel Writing.

Experience / Qualifications

I am a writer and Royal Society of Artists (RSA) Fellow whose work has been widely published. I write poetry, fiction, memoir, and diverse history. My first two poetry collections were published by Cinnamon Press; my third, How to wear a skin, was published by Indigo Dreams; my fourth, a pamphlet entitled, She can still sing, was published by Flipped Eye; and my debut short story collection, Stay with me, was published by Colenso Books. I have written books and exhibitions on ethnically diverse history, and have a coastal memoir forthcoming with Little Toller Books.

My poem, The Jewellery Maker, which is included in the AQA Worlds and Lives Collection, is being studied by thousands of English GSCE students across the UK.

I have been twice shortlisted by the Bridport Prize; Highly Commended by the Forward Prize; Commended by the National Poetry Competition; and winner of the (US) Virginia Faulkner Award.

I have delivered creative writing workshops (in person and online) to hundreds of participants of all ages and backgrounds, including in schools (state and independent), colleges, universities, libraries, prisons and in other community settings. I have taught for the Arvon Foundation, and held various writing residencies in the Southwest.

I have made various media appearances on TV, radio and podcasts, including Woman's Hour; Sky News; Adjoa Andoh's Discover Me; and My Cornwall with Fern Britton.

Age

Children (7-12 years old)

Teenagers (13-17 years old)

Adults (18-64 years old)

Seniors (65+ years old)

Student level

Beginner

Intermediate

Duration

60 minutes

90 minutes

120 minutes

The class is taught in

English

Skills

Poetry

Writing

Creative writing

Availability of a typical week

(GMT -05:00)

New York

Online via webcam

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20-24

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My past & present clients have included: professionals from all four major EU institutions, the Belgian government, the UNHCR various NGOs, authors, novelists, journalists, engineers, as well as a variety of other professions in addition to traditional students.

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Kind regards, Gwinny

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I am aware of all the pitfalls one can encounter in this really challenging process and am therefore transparent with regards to not only the quality of the paper but also your work ethic in order that you can then obtain the best piece of work possible.

Cami

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Overcome your fears and unlock creative inspiration to finally get to the end of your writing project.

Let yourself be guided and finally realize your dream of writing.

➤ Overcome your fears.
➤ Discover the secret to writing 100% fun and 0% blank pages.
➤ Awaken this writer's flame that has been dormant in you for a long time.
➤ Build unwavering legitimacy and overcome the fear of failure, lack of time and procrastination that keep you from moving forward.

In short, put an end to the fear of writing! Isn't it difficult to be consumed by the desire to write your project and not succeed in doing it? Break forever the insurmountable wall that prevents you from writing today.

It is a matter of combining improvements in form with improvements in substance. For this, the sessions can for example take place according to your needs as follows:
a) Comments / proposals on the text that you will offer me b) Writing exercises based on a statement.
c) A series of precise and pragmatic recommendations and their application through style exercises.

Whether it is a novel, an essay, song lyrics, various texts, a biography or simply a report for professional or school purposes, it is about offering you elements personalized pedagogy:

- Study your text
- Build text, song lyrics etc
- Calmly polish the style
- Research and develop your lexical fields
- Differentiate between writing for oneself and writing for others

All this by combining theory and practice: Writing work from exercises then as part of a personal project.

During the sessions, you are guided in your writing project. The trainer accompanies you and teaches you the preparation method, gives you writing tools and helps you work on your style and your imagination.

The objective is multiple, including a reflection on one's own literary path, an introduction to the basic tools of style work and exercises on description.

Learning objectives:
- Identify your writing path.
- Mobilize your imagination.
- Learn and master the practical writing tools.
- Broaden its reflection on creation and professional and personal writing.
- Create and develop one or more projects.

Trained in a European Grande Ecole & Ivy League University in the United States, specialized and has been working in Europe and North America for more than 16 years in this field, in reputable international institutions , also intervening in forums and conferences.

- Locations: Geneva - Lausanne - Friborg - Neuchâtel - Montreux - Basel - Sion - Sierre - Morges - Bienne. But currently and until further notice, only by videoconference in accordance with national recommendations on Covid.

These sessions, for which you have asked me, also seem to be perfectly unanimous since they arouse a certain enthusiasm (and a certain enthusiasm). Indeed, they have the advantage of face-to-face sessions (ex: quality of the interaction), without its disadvantages (ex: loss of travel time) with additional advantages (ex: the entire session transcribed in writing on the chat). That is why, at your request, I continue to offer this option.

À la carte: evaluated and adapted to each personality.

Youssef

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Hello!
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Feel free to contact me for more information.
Thank you

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Teaching the Arabic language
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Learning to recite poetry

I am a native Arabic speaker from Lebanon living in Saudi Arabia with years of experience teaching beginners. I use a variety of methods to make learning Arabic easy and enjoyable,
Whether you're a complete beginner or looking to improve your Arabic skills, I will customize the lessons to your level. I'll focus on the basics of Arabic grammar, vocabulary, and conversation, so you can start speaking Arabic with confidence

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Natasha

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To use language games and interactive activities to make learning enjoyable.

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Edexcel IGCSE English – First Language (4EA1)
Subject: English – First Language
Code: 4EA1
Level: IGCSE
Format: Online / In-person lessons available
Tutor: Skilled English Language Educator- Patrick

🔍 Topic Overview:
Master your skills in reading, writing, and language analysis with the Edexcel IGCSE First Language English course. This topic strengthens your ability to understand complex texts, construct powerful arguments, and express yourself clearly in a range of written forms.

📝 What You'll Learn:
✅ Text analysis – tone, purpose, audience, and style
✅ Writing to inform, describe, argue, and persuade
✅ Summary writing and synthesis of information
✅ Grammar, punctuation, and vocabulary enhancement
✅ Responding effectively to both fiction and non-fiction texts
✅ Exam strategies and past paper practice

🎯 Ideal For:

Students preparing for Edexcel IGCSE English First Language (4EA1)

Learners seeking to improve both academic and creative writing

Students aiming for grades 7–9 or equivalent A*/A marks

International learners needing confident command of English

💡 Learning Outcomes:
✔️ Analyze and compare a variety of texts
✔️ Write with clarity, style, and purpose
✔️ Plan and edit responses with accuracy
✔️ Gain exam confidence with proven strategies

📍Book your session now and become a fluent, confident writer and reader, ready to ace your IGCSE exams with flying colors!

📗 Edexcel IGCSE English – Second Language (4ES1)
Subject: English – Second Language
Code: 4ES1
Level: IGCSE
Format: Online / In-person lessons available
Tutor: TEFL/TESOL-Certified English Tutor

🔍 Topic Overview:
This course helps students strengthen everyday English for academic and practical use. Build confidence in listening, speaking, reading, and writing to succeed in the Edexcel IGCSE Second Language exams and beyond.

🗣️ What You'll Learn:
✅ Listening for key information and opinions
✅ Reading comprehension and vocabulary building
✅ Writing letters, reports, articles, and emails
✅ Practicing correct grammar and sentence structure
✅ Speaking clearly in both formal and informal settings
✅ Effective strategies for Paper 1 (Reading & Writing) and Paper 2 (Listening)

🎯 Ideal For:

ESL students preparing for Edexcel IGCSE English Second Language (4ES1)

Learners who need to improve practical English for exams, school, or work

Students who need help with fluency, pronunciation, and confidence

Candidates seeking support in exam techniques and time management

💡 Learning Outcomes:
✔️ Communicate clearly in spoken and written English
✔️ Understand a range of accents and tones
✔️ Use correct grammar and structure in responses
✔️ Boost exam performance with guided practice

📍Book now and take your English to the next level — learn at your pace, with personalized feedback and practical support.

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Qamille

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SUMMARY DESCRIPTION (IN BRIEF):
➤Unleash your writing skills and finally realize your writing project!
Novels, short stories, life stories, theses, songs or simple texts: these workshops help you overcome your blocks and transform your ideas into vivid and inspiring stories.

➤ Together, we will work to:
-Overcome your fear of the blank page and awaken your creativity
-Develop style, vocabulary, coherence and authenticity
-Creating characters, settings, and captivating storylines
-Explore your imagination, your emotions, and your flaws to turn them into a strength
-Alternating theory and practice with concrete exercises and personalized feedback

➤ Proofreading, correction, optimization of your texts possible.
➤Objective: to write with pleasure, progress faster and bring your project to completion.

➤Let yourself be guided: your dream of writing can become a reality.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION:
➤Exploring and sharing the pleasure of words, building the stories that inhabit you, developing your expression, deepening your creativity, exploring contemporary writing, proposing a novel, short stories, a life story, an (auto)biography, a fiction, an essay, song lyrics, various texts or simply a report, a thesis, a report for professional or academic purposes... these are among the objectives of these workshops to deepen or initiate writing and realize one's aspirations by prioritizing the pleasure of writing based on elements of personalized pedagogy.

➤Overcome your fears and unlock creative inspiration to finally complete your project.

Let yourself be guided and finally realize your dream of writing.
➤ Overcome your fears
➤ Discover the secret to producing high-quality writing that's 100% enjoyable and 0% writer's block.
➤ Awaken this writer's flame that has been dormant in you for a long time
➤ Build unwavering legitimacy and overcome the fear of failure, lack of time and procrastination that keep you from moving forward.

In short, overcome your fear of writing. Isn't it frustrating to be consumed by the desire to write your project and yet unable to do so? Break down that insurmountable wall that's holding you back.

This involves combining improvements in form with refinements in content. For example, concrete techniques for starting your text and overcoming writer's block, feedback/suggestions on your texts, writing and style exercises based on a prompt, a series of precise/pragmatic recommendations and their implementation.

That is why, if your manuscript is stuck and you don't know how to start or continue it, if you have all the ideas but don't know what form they should take, if you want to save time in the creative process: let's build the architecture of your story together.

Learning objectives include:
• Discover writing, build confidence, let your own literary voice/path emerge, and unleash your imagination
• Studying and constructing a text, song lyrics...
• Calmly refine the style and create consistency between form and content
• Research and develop your vocabulary
• Acquire techniques and know-how to convey your message both clearly and simply
• Differentiate between writing for oneself and writing for others
• Explore your creativity and develop your expression
• To construct a complete story by creating characters, settings, lively scenes...
• Acquire and master practical writing tools, always with a focus on simplicity/simplification and efficiency (both in content and form)
• Discover contemporary writing and diversify your practice
• Acquire narrative techniques to engage in long stories

So, start, resume or finish a piece of writing you have dreamed of for a long time if you want to write but don't know where to start; if you have a story but don't know how to tell it; if you love to write but have lost your inspiration; if you have a manuscript buried in a drawer and you are afraid of failing.

To achieve this, the first step is to unleash your writing and let go: strengthen your imagination, explore your inspiration, and cultivate your originality. Next, turn your weaknesses into a driving force for writing by exploring your wounds to better utilize them and adopt an effective writing method. Finally, master writing techniques and bring characters to life while crafting captivating stories, controlling pacing, and developing suspenseful plots.

All this by combining theory and practical/concrete applications: writing assignments based on exercises and then within the framework of your project.

During the sessions, you will be guided in your writing project. The trainer will support you in your written communication and offer tools, while helping you to work on and/or optimize your style and imagination.

Proofreading, revising, correcting and formatting articles, theses, etc.: these options are also possible.

Furthermore, these sessions allow one to improve one's written communication and to study the different methods to achieve this (email, letter, report, presentation...), both in terms of content and form.

➤ THE TRAINER - TEACHER CONSULTANT
A graduate of a prestigious French Grande École and an Ivy League university in the United States, he combines academic rigor with modern teaching methods. With over 18 years of experience in Europe and North America, he has taught at prestigious international institutions (both public and private), and regularly speaks in Switzerland, France, Belgium, Luxembourg, and Canada, as well as at various forums and conferences.

A recognized specialist, he offers personalized and accessible support based on active listening, a proven methodology, and tailored teaching methods. Whether through one-on-one sessions, workshops, or group training, his approach combines customization, efficiency, and professionalism for rapid, visible results.

➤ LOCATIONS, TIMES

✓ Areas of intervention:
-Switzerland (Geneva, Lausanne, Fribourg, Zurich, Neuchâtel, Lugano, Basel, Bern, Lucerne)
-Belgium (Brussels, Antwerp, Charleroi, Liège)
-Luxembourg
-On request: France (Paris, Lyon) and Canada (Montreal)

✓ Currently: sessions are primarily conducted via videoconference – a format favored by almost all participants, as it combines the same high-quality interaction with great organizational flexibility. All content, notes, and recommendations are provided directly through the dedicated chat. Advantages: time savings (no travel), flexible scheduling, comfort, and eco-responsibility.

✓ Languages: French / English.

✓ Results: noticeable progress from 2 sessions (2025 study).

✓ Special offers: gift vouchers available all year round – an original and useful way to please your loved ones.

✓ Schedules to be defined together, adjusting as best as possible to your constraints.

✓ 100% tailor-made program, adapted to each need.

✓ Why choose this training?
-Because you benefit from international expertise at the service of your objectives.
-Because each session is personalized and you will leave with concrete tools.
-Because the approach is not theoretical: it is lively, interactive and results-oriented.
-Because you benefit from a motivating, supportive and stimulating environment, which promotes confidence and rapid progress.
-Because in just a few sessions, you will already notice a tangible difference.

Leigh

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I specialize in helping students learn English in all forms that it can be helped in.

My goal is to patient and allow my students to learn at their own pace as this will give you the confidence to remember and not feel pressured in completing tasks quicker than what you are comfortable with.

I will also make the lessons as fun as possible to help remember things easier.

Firas

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Would you like to learn Arabic in a clear, enjoyable, and practical way?

My name is Firas, and I am an Arabic language teacher with over 12 years of experience, teaching both native and non-native speakers. I have taught students from diverse nationalities and cultural backgrounds.

I would be happy to be your learning partner and help you:
1️⃣ Speak Arabic with confidence and accuracy
2️⃣ Improve pronunciation and expand your vocabulary
3️⃣ Understand grammar in a clear and simplified way
4️⃣ Develop your listening, reading, and writing skills
5️⃣ Use Arabic in daily life, for study, or for work

I always use an interactive teaching approach tailored to each student’s level and goals, and I create personalized study plans to help you progress steadily.

My lessons are suitable for complete beginners, non-native speakers, students who want to improve conversation skills, and anyone learning Arabic for study, work, or travel.

If you are serious about learning Arabic and are looking for a patient and experienced teacher, I would be delighted to guide you on this enjoyable learning journey.
You are all very welcome.