Creative Writing student's pandemic story published in esteemed magazine

Charlie wrote the story for his Level 4 module assessment and worked with tutor David Savill to produce a polished draft for submission. "As soon as I read Charlie's module submission, I knew it was saying something urgent and vital about life for students in the pandemic." David says. "Charlie's ability to capture the out-of-body experience of this past year really shows his talent." 

"Balancing Act is about moving to a city where nothing’s open, completing a course almost entirely online, and struggling to make friends while confined to a dinky bedroom and flat. Over the course of writing it, I realised this was not a unique, individual experience, but a collective one. There are thousands of students who will have all had a hard time during this ‘unprecedented’ year, and so I wanted to write this story to capture not just my feelings, but hopefully create something that other people my age could relate to as well."​​​​​​

"On our creative writing course, I want every student to feel a submission is a shot at publication," David says. "It's our job to match students to the publication opportunities out there. To land a story with London Magazine tells you that you're one of the very best of your generation."