Martin O.
Teaching
Join weekly sessions at a constructive and convivial table with like-minded people from different walks of life and different corners of the world. Or choose one-to-one mentoring for individual support on your writing journey.
WRITING COURSES
Martin currently runs the courses ‘Novel Writing and Longer Works’ at City, University of London, and ‘Short Stories and First Chapters’ at Imperial College London. He has taught for the British Council, Arts Council England, at Kingston University, UEA, Leighton House Museum, and elsewhere. He also provides 1-to-1 mentoring sessions, and delivers independent courses at various times of the year, including an established and ongoing ‘mentored writing circle’ for which places occasionally become available to new members. Get in touch if you would like to know more about any of these individual sessions, courses or groups.
Martin says: My article ‘How writers benefit from creative writing courses’ features in the 2023, 2024 and 2025 editions of the Writers’ & Artists’ Yearbook – available in bookshops and online. Through this piece, you’ll gain a sense of how I guide my students / group members towards the results they desire.
My courses and mentoring programmes (see Mentoring, below) are suitable for all levels of experience, from beginner to advanced/professional. For further information, give me a call or drop me a line through the form at the bottom of the page.
Short Stories & First Chapters
https://www.imperial.ac.uk/evening-classes/winter-courses-list/short-stories-first-chapters-t1-evening/
https://www.imperial.ac.uk/evening-classes/winter-courses-list/short-stories-first-chapters-t1-daytime/
https://www.city.ac.uk/prospective-students/courses/short-courses/novel-writing-and-longer-works
Martin says: My article ‘How writers benefit from creative writing courses’ features in the 2023, 2024 and 2025 editions of the Writers’ & Artists’ Yearbook – available in bookshops and online. Through this piece, you’ll gain a sense of how I guide my students / group members towards the results they desire.
My courses and mentoring programmes (see Mentoring, below) are suitable for all levels of experience, from beginner to advanced/professional. For further information, give me a call or drop me a line through the form at the bottom of the page.
Short Stories & First Chapters
https://www.imperial.ac.uk/evening-classes/winter-courses-list/short-stories-first-chapters-t1-evening/
https://www.imperial.ac.uk/evening-classes/winter-courses-list/short-stories-first-chapters-t1-daytime/
Novel Writing & Longer Works
https://www.city.ac.uk/prospective-students/courses/short-courses/novel-writing-and-longer-works
Congratulations!
Congratulations are very much in order to an ever growing number of my current and former students and mentees: Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi, whose novel The Centre will be published by Picador in 2023; Simon Culleton, whose Shadows of Fathers is out in Stairwell Books; Chloe Ashby, whose debut, Wet Paint, and follow-up, Second Self, are published by Orion; to Imogen Dall, for her debut release, Burnout Survival Kit (Bloomsbury); to Kate Jefford for taking the V. S. Pritchett Short Story Prize 2020 with 'Picasso's Face'; and to Tara O’Sullivan, longlisted for the 2022 Discoveries strand of the Women’s Prize for Fiction. Well done Ayesha, Simon, Chloe, Imo, Kate and Tara!
MENTORING SESSIONS
I am available for one-to-one mentoring, for individual support on your writing journey. Meet with me to discuss your emerging work every 2-4 weeks, depending on your own schedule, either face to face or online. Work with bite-size chunks or completed drafts, for a couple of months or a couple of years - contact me to discuss a flexible programme of mentoring tailored to your personal needs.
