Overview

If you enjoy putting pen to paper, or would like to learn how to write creatively come and join like-minded people in one of our extremely popular Creative Writing courses or workshops. 

Theses courses are for those who are new to creative writing, as well as those who may have attended one of our previous courses or workshops. Our courses are for anyone who enjoys writing for pleasure and all material and exercises will be new challenges to your existing skills.

Each session will cover a different aspect of writing through a variety of exercises. You will be looking at styles, genres of established authors and writing in your own style. This covers short stories, poetry, scriptwriting and dialogue and can be adapted to cover areas in which course participants may have a particular interest. There will also be opportunity for people to bring their own work to share with the class.

Students will be introduced to different styles of writing and encouraged to use variety in their writing for pleasure and self-development.

In terms of home-study, there will be optional weekly written exercises for termly courses, plus you be

What Will I Study?

  • Different styles and genres of writing
  • Writing for pleasure in a variety of exercises (verse and prose, creating short stories, articles, dialogue and play scripts)
  • Writing for different audiences.
  • Reading more selectively: looking at vocabulary and extending language, developing literary technical terms.
  • The art of critique
  • Reading other people's writing
  • Development of own style of writing.

Entry Requirements

None whatsoever, other than an enjoyment of reading and writing.

Materials

Please bring paper and pens, or a laptop/word processor if preferred. 

Progression

This course will increase your self satisfaction, self-awareness and self-development, allowing you to explore different styles of writing. You could progress to further studies in English, Communication Studies and Journalism.