Creative Writing for Beginners - Southwell Library - Adult Learning

Southwell Library, Southwell

Date	15 September - 13 October 2022
Sessions	Thursdays: 10am - 12pm
No. sessions	5
Venue	Southwell Library, Southwell View venue details
For ages	19+
Group size	5 - 15
Cost	FREE - £30

About this course

This course is for people who want to try out creative writing for the first time. We will focus on short writing exercises and use images and prompts to kickstart your writing. Trying out different genres and types of creative writing, including flash fiction and poetry, will help develop your knowledge, and the confidence to take your creative writing further. This course is aimed at Beginners, so no experience is necessary.

Over the duration of the course, we will look at:

- Awareness of types of creative writing – fiction/flash fiction/poetry.

- Having a go at writing in different forms

- Techniques used in creative writing that ‘hook’ a reader and keep them interested.

- Using prompts such as objects and images to provide inspiration for writing

- Understanding the role of feedback in developing your creative writing

- Sharing your work in the group and listening to others’ work

To participate on this course, you will need an A4 notebook and a pen/pencil.

Booking your place and fee information

If you are in receipt of 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 webpage for further information https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/skills-learning/funding-your-courses/

To secure your place on the course BOTH the following must be done:

Complete the EVENTBRITE BOOKING.
Complete our INSPIRE ONLINE ENROLMENT FORM for each person attending the course.

You should be redirected to the Inspire Online Enrolment Form after completing the Eventbrite booking. If you are not redirected, please use the link supplied in the Eventbrite booking confirmation email.

To book and enrol on one of our courses, you must have been living in England and have been resident in the UK for the past 3 years.

Some exceptions may apply if you are living in England with evidence of the right to remain and are from an EEU/EEAU country (completion of a questionnaire will be required).

As we no longer receive funding for our ESFA-funded courses for learners living in the devolved areas listed below, full cost fees would apply to these courses if you live in these areas: