Studying Creative Writing BA(Hons) (Online) at Falmouth
11 August 2026
This article was written by Creative Writing BA(Hons) (Online) student, David.
Tick, tick, tick.
I’d put it off for so long, the deadline had become a countdown. For years, I’d talk myself out of it. There was always an excuse. I’m too old to go to Uni. What if I wasn’t good enough? What if my dogs made plans? This time was going to be different. This time, I wasn’t going to overthink it. This time the dog can sort his own lifts. I just needed to click 'SEND'.
My finger hovered over the mouse. The cursor blinked. Just one click is all it’ll take. I closed my eyes. I held my breath. Then...'SEND'. It was done. And in the silence, nothing happened. Not a thing. Not in that moment. But somewhere between that mouse click and waking the next morning, suddenly I’d become a student. I was already planning my trip to Woolworths to get new pens and a geometry set. Then I remembered it closed years ago.
For something that felt so spontaneous, it had taken years to find the courage to do. That click, that took a fraction of a second to press, took hours of overthinking and years of second guessing myself to get there.
Two years on, I’m not just a student. I’m a writer.
I’d always loved telling stories and I had talked about wanting to write for years. But life always got in the way. Work came first. Kids came first. The dog most definitely came first. Studying Creative Writing with Falmouth University online allowed me to study part time. This meant I wouldn’t need to completely change my priorities. Studying online allowed me to fit lectures and assignments around the life I already had. That flexibility wasn’t a bonus; it was the reason I clicked 'Send'.
I wasn’t sure at first what the experience of studying online would be like. Would I be sitting in a darkened room, all alone with no one to talk to, my dog scratching at the door, demanding a walk. My teenage sons wasting away, because they couldn’t possibly make themselves a sandwich? My biggest surprise was how connected the course feels. Through study groups and discussion boards, you meet other writers from all walks of life and reading their stories becomes so inspiring. But, it’s the sharing of your work where real growth happens. Receiving and giving feedback and encouraging each other really brings people together. What starts out as a group of strangers, soon becomes a supportive community working towards the same goal: to tell better stories.
If you’ve started your application and are contemplating whether to click 'SEND', I hope you do.
You don’t need to have all the answers. It’s probably best you don’t. You’ve still got time to map out the rest of your story arc. And it's probably more exciting this way.
You just need the courage to write the first line. Or at least, just to click 'SEND'. It’s no longer a countdown to a deadline, but a countdown to the start of a new chapter.
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