Creative Writing for Beginners

Nottingham Trent University

Short course

In Nottingham

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Description

  • Type

    Short course

  • Level

    Beginner

  • Location

    Nottingham

  • Duration

    10 Weeks

Throughout the course you will be offered advice and feedback on your work, to help your writing develop and progress in a supportive workshop environment.
Varied exercises and use of stimuli will be used to aid the creative process and exploration of your writing skills, offering new insights and inventive approaches for your individual projects.

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Start date

Nottingham (Nottinghamshire)
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Start date

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About this course

The aim of the course is to enable both the beginner and the more experienced writer to work on developing their writing skills in a variety of different areas, including poetry, short story writing, flash fiction, playwriting and writing a full-length novel.
By the end of the course you will have a variety of writing projects in development, and a network of fellow writers and potential collaborators with whom you can progress your work further.

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Subjects

  • Creative Writing
  • Writing
  • Story Writing
  • Including poetry
  • Writing Skills
  • Developing
  • Flash fiction
  • Playwriting
  • Development
  • Synopsis

Course programme

During this course you will:

  • learn how to get started and find inspiration
  • create a sense of place for your writing and your characters
  • develop the hook that will get readers to read on
  • understand the different working styles for different writing projects
  • use poetry as a way in to further creative writing
  • learn about the importance of a well-constructed synopsis
  • learn that the end is just the beginning, and how to redraft and refine your work.

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