Creative Writing - Folk Tales - Online Courses - Adult Learning

Online Courses, Nottingham

Date	29 April - 20 May 2026
Sessions	Wednesdays: 1pm - 3pm
No. sessions	4
Venue	Online Courses, Nottingham View venue details View on Google Maps
For ages	19+
Group size	5 - 15
Cost	FREE - £32

About this course

This course is aimed at new or established writers, who are either already experimenting with using folk tales in their writing, or who would like to learn about this approach for the first time.  You will learn about using different types of folk tales to create your own stories. We will look and Introduction to folk tales writing. The Language, structure and style used in folk tales. Your assignments will include discussion prompts and writing exercises, there will also be an opportunity for you to share your work (not obligatory) and you will be given written feedback on a final submission of up to 1,500 words 

By the end of the course, you will: 

Be able to understand language, structure and style used in folk tales 
Final submission of up to 1500 words 
To learn from published work 
To enable learners to feel confident about folk tale writing 
Improve their language skills

Please bring to the course with you:-

You may need a paper and pen

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.