Continuing Creative Writing

Continuing Creative Writing

Your Course
This is a writing course which provides a supportive environment for writers who have already started or have completed the beginners course, have been writing for some time, or have enough confidence to take part in a workshop based class. A typical session has two elements. The first provides the opportunity for people to share their work with the group. They may bring either a completed exercise from the previous week, or an extract from a work in progress. Emphasis is placed on the importance of giving and receiving constructive criticism, so that the experience is positive, rather than destructive. The second half provides practical guidance on: characterisation; dialogue; point of view; setting, plotting and shaping. Advice will be given on writing for magazines and journals, approaching agents and getting work published.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course, you will have been given the opportunity to:
· Develop your skills as a writer
· Share your work with other writers in a creative and supportive environment
· Become a better critic of your work and that of others
Your Tutor
Jo Browning Wroe writes for educational publishers in the UK and the US, and has received awards in both countries. She worked in publishing for 12 years before studying at UEA for a Masters in Creative Writing. She is one of the organisers of cambridgewordfest and is working on the novel she started at UEA.
Day and time: Wednesday 7.00 - 9.00pm
Start date: 20 January
Number of sessions: 10
Tuition fees: £90
Method of payment: Fees for short courses (10 weeks or less) to be paid in full at enrolment and for long courses (12 weeks or more) fees of 50% can be paid at enrolment plus 50% as a cheque. Course places cannot be reserved without receipt of both payments.
Half term:
Please note that there are no classes during half term Monday 15th - Friday 19th February 2010 unless otherwise stated.