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Write Like You
Mean It
Creative writing courses by Terry Freedman — City Lit, London 2026
Writing Using Constraints
Rules that set you free. An intensive day exploring the Oulipo — the literary movement that turned constraints into creative rocket fuel. Lipograms, univocalics, style rewrites, and more.
tinyurl.com/tfoulipoThe 60-Minute Writer
Every session, you write. No long lectures. No waiting. Just words on the page from the very first lesson — and a growing sense of what you can do.
tinyurl.com/tf60minWriting for Blogs
Find your voice, find your audience, get started. From blank page to blog plan — you leave with ideas, a reader profile, and the confidence to publish.
tinyurl.com/tfwfblogsWhat You'll Cover
Writing Using Constraints
- What is the Oulipo?
- Lipograms & univocalics
- Queneau's style rewrites
- N+7 & snowball poems
- Transformations
- Design your own rules
The 60-Minute Writer
- Point of view & voice
- Memoir & subversion
- Vibrant verbs
- Magic metaphors
- Dynamic dialogue
- Erasure & story machines
Writing for Blogs
- Why blog & where
- Audience & personas
- Generating ideas
- Structure & format
- Images & illustration
- Promotion tactics
"Oulipians are rats who construct the labyrinth from which they plan to escape."
Raymond Queneau — basis of the Writing Using Constraints course
Terry Freedman
Terry Freedman is a writer, educator, and the person behind writersknowhow.org. He has been teaching creative writing at City Lit for years, running courses that are rigorous, surprising, and genuinely fun. His writing and teaching draw on experimental literature, constraint-based methods, and a conviction that everyone has a voice worth developing.
How to Book // All courses at City Lit, Keeley Street, London WC2B 4BA.
Book at citylit.ac.uk
· Small groups · All levels welcome · No experience needed
© Terry Freedman 2026