Creative Writing - Fantasy/Science Fiction - Online Courses - Adult Learning

Online Courses, Nottingham

Key details

Date -
Sessions Wednesdays: 1pm - 3pm
No. sessions 4
Venue Online Courses, Nottingham
For ages 19+
Group size 5 - 15
Cost FREE - £32

About this course

This course aims to bring together writers of all abilities and introduce you to SCI-FI and Fantasy fiction writing. For more experienced writers we will look at refreshing and polishing your writing skills. You will be given advice and support about how to develop an idea and structure of a SCI-FI and fantasy fiction. We will look at what science fiction and fantasy fiction are. We will explore Subgenres (e.g. cyberpunk, space opera, epic fantasy, dystopian, urban fantasy) and look at Genre conventions vs. clichés

Throughout the course, we will cover:

- Using sci-fi/fantasy to explore real-world issues

- Understanding the sci-fi/fantasy publishing scene

- Creating distinctive voices for humans, creatures, AI

- Blending poetic and technical language

- Providing constructive feedback to colleagues

- Writing own fiction story

- Improve confidence in using language used in Fantasy/sci-fi fiction

What you will need to bring to the course:

A pen and paper

Booking your place and fee information

If you receive certain benefits you will be offered the course for free, however if you have a financial barrier which may prevent you from enrolling on the course, please visit our funding page for further information.

Residency in England

To book and enrol on one of our courses, you must be living in England permanently and live outside of the devolved areas listed below or live within the East Midlands Combined County Authority (EMCCA) devolved area (Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire).

  • Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield 

  • Cambridgeshire and Peterborough

  • Greater London

  • Greater Manchester

  • Liverpool City Region

  • Newcastle Upon Tyne, North Tyneside and Northumberland

  • Tees Valley

  • West of England

  • West Midlands

  • West Yorkshire

Residency Eligibility – other criteria

If you are living in the UK on a visa we will require evidence of this in order to be funded for the course, you can upload this evidence when you apply for the course. (completion of a questionnaire will be required).

Some exceptions may apply for example

  • Your visa expiry date must be beyond the end of your course

  • Asylum seekers must have lived in the UK for 6 months or longer while their claim is being considered by the Home Office

  • You are receiving local authority support under section 23C or section 23CA of the Children Act 1989 or the Care Act 2014

Any learner who is not funded full cost fees would apply to these courses.

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