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Creative writing classes events in Berlin, Germany

Creative Songwriting Workshop

Sat, May 4, 4:00 PM

Gonzalo's Music Lessons & Therapy

Tarot and the Creative Spark

Tue, May 21, 7:00 PM

WRITERS' RETREAT

Sunday at 4:00 PM + 42 more

DNA. Art Club, Alte Münze

Creative Journalling Workshop with Abbey Sy

Saturday at 1:00 PM + 1 more

MUJI Berlin Kudamm

Poetry Writing Workshop

Business Writing 1 Day Training in Berlin

Fri, Apr 26, 9:00 AM + 8 more

For venue details reach us at: [email protected]

Botanical Pencil Drawing Workshop

Sun, Apr 28, 12:00 PM

Garden State Candles

Improv is for Everyone

Tue, Jun 18, 7:00 PM

Manifest Your Best Self | Social Media for Creatives & Entrepreneurs

Mon, Apr 29, 7:00 PM

For venue details reach us at [email protected]

Creative Problem Solving and Decision Making 2 Days Training in Berlin

Thu, May 2, 9:00 AM + 7 more

Writing a CV 1 Day Training in Berlin

Fri, May 3, 9:00 AM + 7 more

Business Writing 1 Day Training in Cologne

Friday at 9:00 AM + 8 more

Recess - Canvas Mixer

Tomorrow at 5:30 PM

Lynk & Co | Berlin Club

Proposal Writing 1 Day Training in Berlin

Creative Playdate: Let Your Inner Child Shine

Sun, May 19, 3:00 AM

Little Tibet Restaurant

Creative Problem Solving & Decision Making 2 Days Training in Berlin

Thu, May 9, 9:00 AM + 7 more

ANTI-BURNOUT DANCE neutral body and active relaxation

Sat, Apr 27, 6:00 PM

Mime Centrum Berlin

"Ugly Art" Drawing & Watercolour Painting Workshop! (Friedrichshain)

Saturday at 11:00 AM

Ohma Studio

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Creative Writing for the Stage

This study programme focuses on three areas: creative writing for the stage, dramatic practice and analytical dramaturgy. After two years of basic study and an intermediate examination students in the programme continue with a further two years of advanced study in which audio drama and screenplays are also covered. Graduates of the programme are awarded a university qualification equivalent to a Master´s degree. Workshops with acclaimed authors and directors as well as collaborative projects with other departments and professional theatres supplement the seminars. The programme aims to attract the greatest possible diversity and prospective students representing different cultures, generations and personalities. They are encouraged to apply. Applications are accepted every two years in the autumn and require the submission of a scene written by the candidate, two texts following specific guidelines and an analysis. In recent years eight students were accepted from an average of 170 submissions.

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Online: Writing = Design: Creative Copy Writing Workshop

Learn about writing as a design tool. Get to know your creative potential in dealing with words, which often seems to be a field of insecurity for visual designers. Make words work for you! Create your own verbal personality and make your visual identity even more convincing.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this course will be facilitated online using a mixture of daily live-sessions and guided tasks to be completed.

A profound introduction to creative copywriting: Learn about writing as a design tool. Get to know your creative potential in dealing with words that often seem to be a field of insecurity for visual designers. No need to be afraid. I will provide you with techniques that will make it easy for you to get started. Fun little exercises, both orally and in writing, are my main method. Learn how to condense your thoughts with words. Learn to grasp your ideas and observations by describing them to an audience. Learn how to speak about yourself and the offer you make for professional markets. Make words work for you! The best thing: get instant feedback from the group you learn with plus professional assessment. I will support you in finding your verbal personality, thus adding to your visual identity and making it even more convincing.

Here are the elements of professional copywriting you will get to know: the functions of a headline, how to develop a name, a claim, text hierarchy, guiding your reader, target groups, short vs. longer texts, different verbal styles, tonality. Please feel free to bring your topics – we will try to include them in our schedule.

Day 1 / Monday Exploration

• Get to know each other: background, expectations, topics
• Get started: exercise 1 (description, self presentation)

Day 2 / Tuesday Essence

• Lecture by Sonja: what is text, why is it needed/useful
• Learn: exercise 2 (headline, text hierarchy, structure)

Day 3 / Wednesday Experience

• Lecture by Christoph: why and how do I write as a designer
• Learn: exercise 3 (style/tonality, short vs. longer texts)

Day 4 / Thursday Effects

• Present your work: who am I? (naming, claim, authorship)
• Get response and discuss: do I reach my target audience?

GUESTS Christoph Rauscher, art director at ZEIT ONLINE

Sonja Knecht was born in Indonesia, grew up in Venezuela, and is deep-rooted in Deutsch . She studied languages and humanities; explorations as a graphic artist led her to what she loves most: typography and text – text as language, designed. She was Edenspiekermann’s Director Text and established their corporate blog. Today, she supports companies and cultural institutions as a brand and communication strategist. Since 2016, Sonja is a lecturer at Berlin University of the Arts’ Institute of Transmedia Design in their Visual Communication program, plus a guest lecturer at other art and design schools and conferences. For TYPO International Design Talks she built up a 30-people editorial team and served as their moderator.

Christoph Rauscher is a designer who writes. After studying interface design (B.A.) and design and media theory (M.A.) in Berlin and Potsdam, he worked as a designer and design director at Edenspiekermann. There, he developed new ideas for digital journalism with publishing houses from Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. Until 2020, Christoph served as the art director of ZEIT ONLINE , one of Germany’s most prestigious news sites. He collaborates with companies, agencies, and publishing houses, using design and text as tools to make ideas more tangible. Also, he writes a monthly newsletter on personal observations and a quarterly column on technology in Germany’s renowned Form design magazine.

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The Reader Insider – Top Places To Write In Berlin

Words by Dan Ayres

Whilst Berlin is undoubtedly a fantastic place to be a writer, there is one thing we can all agree on – distractions abound! From the constant lure of the city’s many lakes to the techno music pumping incessantly from your next door neighbours, it can be hard to find the right space to stay focused on your writing. Luckily, the city also has a whole host of great spots for you to hunker down with your pen, paper or laptop and finally bash out those priceless words!

But what makes for a great place to write? It can mean different things for different writers. Stephen King’s relentless fingers were spurred on by the anthems of AC/DC in his early days. Roald Dahl preferred a shed, a comfy armchair and an infinite supply of cigarettes. J.K. Rowling famously penned Potter in the cosy cafes of Edinburgh, whilst Cyril Connolly stipulated that the enemy of art was the pram in the hall!

To help you out, we Reader Berliners thought we’d share our favourite places for when working from home just doesn’t cut the mustard.

Sophie’s Cellar – Another Country

Kreuzberg’s Another Country bookshop is already a much loved treasure by the international writing community in Berlin, what with its abundance of English language books, regular reading nights such as Queer Stories (currently on hiatus) and the Friday night dinner parties that draw a lively crowd week after week. But did you know the basement is open and waiting for you to come and write during the week? This cool and quiet space surrounded by books is the perfect little island away from the hustle and bustle of the city, and it’s easier to lose track of time here than perhaps anywhere else in Berlin. Before you know it, you’ll have bashed out four chapters, at which point you can head upstairs for a beer and a chat with the enigmatic owner Sophie Raphaeline.

The Stabi – Potsdamer Platz

The Staatsbibliothek , affectionately known as ‘The Stabi’, is not only a great place to write, but a quintessential Berlin experience in itself. A favourite haunt of Reader founder Victoria, together with its sister site over at Unter Den Linden, The Stabi forms one of the biggest libraries in the whole of Europe. What makes the Potsdamer Platz location stand out, however, is the innovative modernist architecture. Part of the ‘Kulturforum’ collection of buildings built on the West side of the wall, The Stabi still retains something of a retro pre-Wende vibe, nowhere more so than in the canteen, where the grumpy mitarbeiters serve up classics like bulletten and piccolo bottles of rotkäppchen for when things get dire. Air-conditioning makes the Stabi highly popular in the summer months. To use the wifi you have to register, which may prove just the obstacle you need. We recommend getting a one year library card for 30 euros, which gives you access to the best workspaces and an extraordinary variety of books (mainly in German) for when you’re seeking inspiration/distraction.

The Berlin City Library

Less well known and certainly less snazzy than the Stabi, the Berlin City Library in Mitte is a great little secret for writers. You don’t have to be a member to work there, and there are plenty of tables and chairs to settle down and get into the writing groove. It’s a popular choice for the many students living in the city, and sharing a silent space with a whole room of academics furiously scribbling away can be great inspiration to write. Yes, the decor isn’t exactly chic, but there’s an affordable cafe (try the scrumptious Mohnschnecke!) and an open courtyard for when you have to beseech the gods to help you overcome writer’s block. It’s also conveniently centrally located within a stones throw of Museum Island and the Spree, so there’s plenty of history to absorb during writing breaks.

Bars & Cafes

If libraries and bookstores aren’t your cup of tea, try a cafe! Berlin is positively heaving with cafes and bars just waiting for you to come and pen your masterpiece.

For the Neuköllners amongst you, Muted Horn is a great space for writers, with craft beer on tap, cosy tables and armchairs in smoking and non-smoking areas and even a collection of board games if you feel like getting sociable after hitting your word count. Whilst it can get packed in the evenings, weekdays are fairly relaxed, and its distinctive ‘only in Berlin’ vibe is sure to unleash your inner prolific writer.

The Apotheken Bar in Kreuzberg is a former pharmacy turned cafe/bar (natürlich). Not only do they have delicious cafes and top notch coffee, but the polished dark wood, leftover apothecary paraphernalia and squishy furniture perfect for creating your own little writing nest makes it a winner, particularly in winter.

For all beer lovers with an anarchist streak, Cafe Morgenrot in Prenzlauer Berg is a delightful alternative to the spick and span cafes flooded with chatting out-of-towners that pervade the area. Not only does it tick all the right Berlin boxes (covered in graffiti, alternative art on the walls, excellent veggie food) it’s surprisingly quiet in the daylight hours, meaning you can scribble your diatribes of ‘taking down the system’ in this old anarchist favourite and then enjoy a crisp German beer on the terrace outside as a reward.

Sticking with the bar theme, those of you in Friedrichshain should head to Fitchers Vogel on Warschauer Straße. With its bare walls, candlelit tables and mismatched furniture, it’s a great place to hunker down and write over a dangerously cheap hausbier. Arrive early evening and take a seat towards the back, and enjoy the absence of distracting music before the crowds spill in from 8 or 9 onwards.

The district of Mitte has two bookstore/cafe combinations you’ll want to check out. Shakespeare & Sons on Warschauerstrasse has bookshelves on every wall and great bagels to keep you fuelled whilst you write. On the other end of the spectrum is the mighty Dussmann on Friedrichstrasse, which is a bookstore so vast you can literally get lost in it. A pleasant surprise is the subterranean cafe with a gigantic living rainforest waterfall wall, ideal inspiration for fantasy writers. Arrive before the lunch rush or mid afternoon to take advantage of the lulls.

Outdoor Spaces

If you prefer to scribble with the open sky above you, there are some nice places to take a pew on a picnic bench around the city. Search out Cafe Hasenschänke in Hasenheide park, the huge beer garden at Cafe am Neuen See in Tiergarten, or the endearingly retro Restaurant Schoenbrunn in Volkspark Friedrichshain for great writing spots surrounded by greenery. Or take a trip to the community gardens in Tempelhofer Feld, where you can grab a spati beer, take a seat amongst the flowerpots and gain inspiration from watching kite-surfers and rollerbladers at this enormous fascistic former airport. Only in Berlin!

So here’s a list of some of our places to get scribbling in Berlin. Do you have any of your own places you’d like to share? Get in touch with us on Facebook or Twitter ! 

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Biographic and creative writing part time, master of arts.

Master Degree

5 semesters

Standard period of study (amount)

July 2024 (EU)

July 2024 (Non-EU)

Overview and admission

Admission semester.

Winter Semester only

Area of study

Social Work

Target group

The Master's course is aimed at graduates with a first academic degree who aim to develop writing skills in the following professional fields: Writing consulting and coaching, writing education, writing therapy, journalism, editing, biography and memory work, theatre and text work, new media, academic writing, advertising.

Contact person for study content: Guido Rademacher [email protected] Course coordination: Johanna Isensee [email protected]

Admission modus

selection by the HEI

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Admission requirements

Applicants must have successfully completed a first vocational university degree (Diplom, Magister, Bachelor or State Examination).

Lecture period

• 01.04.2024 - 30.09.2024
• 01.10.2024 - 31.03.2025

Application deadlines

Winter semester (2022/2023), deadlines for international students from the european union.

01.06.2024 - 15.07.2024 (Universitywide deadline)

Deadlines for international students from countries that are not members of the European Union

Tuition fee.

6,300.00 EUR / total

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Costs are currently EUR1,400 per half-year for the duration of semesters 1-4, and EUR700 for supervision of the Master's thesis in the fifth semester (total sum: EUR6,300) plus a social contribution for student membership in the amount of EUR110.23 per semester.

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Online German writing course

If you already have an advanced knowledge of German (level B1 and above), you can attend our German writing course. In this German course you will write texts in German and improve your written expression . We offer writing courses for professional or creative writing.

Intermediate - Advanced (from B1)

Contents: What do I learn in the online German writing course?

In these special online courses, you will be given writing tasks on various topics and write your own texts. Our German teachers will read and correct them and give you constructive feedback and tips - for example on typical mistakes in sentence structure, punctuation or capitalization. In this way, you will gradually improve your writing in German.

We offer our online German writing courses in two models:

Writing course for the job (Wednesdays)

• Course content: e.g. short business messages and e-mails, work reports, orders (enquiry and offer), problems (cancellation and complaint)
• Sample book: Klett German intensive writing B1

Creative writing course (Mondays)

• Course content: e.g. argumentation, lively writing, blogging, letters to the editor and criticism
• Sample book: Hueber German practice reading and writing B1

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Fast but lasting learning success in a pleasant learning atmosphere and with modern communicative methods. Whether in-house or online: Our highly motivated and well-trained German teachers are all native speakers and really enjoy teaching.

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