The Writers Bureau Reviews

Professional, my tutor is great and I’m very happy with the course material.

The Writers Bureau has impressed me with their service on many levels. From re-posting packages (at their cost) that got lost in the South African postal system, to their one on one tutor- student relationships. I am only a few assignments into my course but I feel that I have already learned so much through the course content, assignments and the tutor's feedback. I know that at the end of it, I will have the skills and knowledge to pursue writing as a career.

I am on my last assignment for the Writers Bureau and have found the course enlightening and educational. Tutors give thorough and honest feedback. Well worth the money invested.

Had to give a star rating to ask question. I have a lot of ideas and have written a few short stories but when I read them back they seem flat and boring. Would this course help me?

Excellent service and support

Comprehensive, well put together courses. I can't complain about anything. The tutors are tough in their marking, but always a source of encouragement. My experience has been a good.

I enjoyed the course. It is wonderful to have the chance to study from distance in my own time with a tutor. The responses from her as well as from the Students Center were very quick and useful. I am glad that I studied with Writers Bureau. I received plenty of advice and guidance.

I've been enrolled with The Writers Bureau for the past 5 months and am very happy with the overall experience. The modules and assignments are designed with 'real-world' feature writing and publication in mind. My tutor's advice and feedback is timely, honest and highly constructive. If you want to write professionally, this course is the place to start. Highly recommended!

I have thoroughly enjoyed my course so far and have had several things printed already.

I started the creative writing course in January and I am so happy that I took this step and chose the Writers Bureau! The course material is very informative and the assignments are varied and cover all topics of writing. But above all I wish to thank Megan, who replies so kindly and swiftly to my requests and to Sheila, my tutor, for her continuous encouragement, support and constructive criticism of my work. I cannot fault it and would recommend the Writers Bureau to anyone!

I enjoyed the course I did with The Writers Bureau and learnt a lot of new things from it. I hope these will be of use to me in the future.

Fast constructive feedback

The course is very comprehensive and informative. It covers many areas of writing including non fiction and fiction. My tutor is a published author and I always receive feedback that is detailed and helpful. I can submit my assignments by email or post and it's good to have the choice.

Some of the course material and the assignements have been very helpful to me. They have challenged me and given me good ideas as to how to think through and plan stories. However, the feedback to assignments is pretty minimal and my limericks didn't win the limerick competition despite being considerably better than those that did!

Great being able to work at whatever speed suits my life at the time.

A very good introduction to the world of proofreading and copy-editing. The course materials were clear and engaging, and feedback from my tutor always prompt and constructive. Great to receive my certificate at the end of the course!

I found some errors in the course - proofreading errors.
I felt that module 7 was very outdated, teaching us what a PDF is etc.

I read about this course in an advert from one of the 'broadsheet' newspapers' magazine supplements. There was a box which listed a FREEPOST postal service to request a prospectus, but nowhere in the advert was there an address.
On the website, there was an address, as well as a Freephone telephone number (to be fair this was also on the advert), which I rang.
The person who answered it had the personality of a vacuum. He didn't seem to be interested in me, or why I was calling. When I said that I wanted to order a prospectus he asked for which course. Neither the advert, or, on a quick glance the home page, was there listed anything other than your creative writing course. On asking what other courses there were his reply was, 'Lots.' He did, however, offer to send out a prospectus for every course.
After the phone call I looked at the homepage again. I then discovered the 'Other Writing Courses' button. It wasn't at the top where logic says that it should be (alongside 'About Us'; 'Student Stories'; 'Expert Opinions'), but below the 'Enrol Now'; Student of the Year testimony; 'Creative Writing FAQs'; 'Student Community' and 'The Association of Freelance Writers' buttons. Not an exactly eye-catching place to put what you do. Remember the homepage is where you should 'sell' your wares without difficulty to the prospective customer -
The whole web-site looks dated and completely uninspiring and, in my opinion, reflects the attitude of the telephone operator.
Not a great introduction to what you are trying to sell.

The course was excellent and the tutor and admin always helpful.

I have enjoyed my experience using The Writers Bureau. This is a service providing a range of courses and services for every level of budding writer from novice to experienced, on a range of subjects from poetry, novel-writing to radio and TV.

Everything worthwhile is hard work and there have been times when I lapsed into self-doubt. But my tutor and the online student services helpdesk were brilliant, encouraging and advising me when needed, and answering all my questions in a straightforward and non-judgemental way.

As the 5-star rating says, I would wholeheartedly recommend this course to any aspiring writer.

Completed two courses with The Writers Bureau and highly recommend. Brilliant and supportive tutors.

It's needful for such noble institution as The Writers Bureau to issue multipurpose or general identity cards or badges to its bonafide students or candidates, owing to growing extreme checks and probes into one's identity when one is researching or interviewing respondents or people for assignments. And it is never too late to start executing such policy now. I have suffered undue restrictions and ill interrogations in the line of duty (Writers Bureau assignments).

For all this, no matter how much you know, there is still more know (learn). Experienced or inexperienced, the best school to hone you and bring the best out of you is The Writers Bureau!

It has been very helpful so far, I am at Assignment 6.

Brilliant support and feedback. Honest but constructively critical. Assignments and material easily understood. Relationship with mentor becomes very personal.

I honestly believe that the content and structure of the course is superb. I have already recommended to other potential candidates.

Phil H