Courses

Starting Creative Writing

When & Where

Quick Facts

  • Availability Yes
  • Tutor Lana Citron
  • Course Code W22HMSA11D
  • Suitable For 19 year olds and up are permitted on this course

What you will learn

If you are interested in becoming a creative writer, this online course is for you. Join author and scriptwriter Lana Citron and explore your writing skills. Her focus is on the authorial voice; helping students find the confidence to express themselves on the page and showing them how best to craft their work. A great believer in the practical and all her courses are workshop based. These courses are aimed at those who love listening to stories, reading stories and are curious to explore writing stories.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

  • Recognise your own writing capabilities and strengths and draw confidence from these
  • Produce a variety of written work in response to writing exercises on a weekly basis
  • Recognise and write using different narrative points of view with confidence
  • Recognise the value of and utilise direct observation and the five senses in creative writing
  • Critically evaluate and discuss a piece of creative writing with sensitivity
  • Begin work on a creative writing project of your own

Cost

  • Full fee
    £120
  • Concession fee
    £90
  • This course may be available for free

    • Class format and activities

    You will learn through presentation, handouts, class discussion, individual, pair, small and large group exercises, feedback and discussion., Writing exercises & home writing assignments., Giving and receiving constructive feedback on yours and others writing., Discussion of and experimentation with different techniques for writing.

    Entry requirements

    This is a beginners’ course and no previous experience in creative writing is required., Level 2 literacy in English is needed, as is a willingness to share your writing with others and to explore a range of disciplines and forms of writing.

    What you need to know before you enrol

    There will be regular homework; it will be beneficial for you to bring in work and share it with the class, either in small or large group work. Access to a computer and printer will be helpful, as you will be expected to type your work up and bring copies to the class.

    What you need

    Pens/pencils, a notepad/notebook/paper and a folder.

    What you can do next

    This course continues each term throughout the academic year; or you might like to try an intermediate or improvers' course in creative writing if you feel ready.

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