Creative Writing - Inspired by Nature - Edwinstowe Library - Adult Learning

About this course

About this course

This course will delve into the relationship between creative writing and nature, looking at the way nature has always been a catalyst and inspiration for writers and reflecting upon how we can use our love and appreciation of the natural world to inspire us to write. We will explore different writing genres including nature writing, poetry and autobiographical writing. From this we will go on to develop skills in observing and capturing nature in our own words, looking at how we can harness awareness of our senses such as sight, sound and smell to become both more attuned to nature and also better writers.  

By the end of this course you will have a deeper understanding of the relationship between nature and creative writing and will have expressed this in your own written work, writing in a number of genres.  This will be done by looking at:

• An introduction into nature in different writing genres
• Analysing texts for deeper understanding of literary devices using the simple pneumonic : A FOREST
• Employing literary devices in our own writing
• Improving our descriptive language skills and using our five senses

No Prior knowledge is required for this course

Resources required:

• A simple notebook and pen.

Suggested reading: 

• Writing Wild: Forming a Creative Partnership with Nature by Tina Welling
• My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell
• The Things You Can See When You Slow Down by Haemin Sunim

This course is programmed as part of the Miner2Major Landscape Partnership scheme, supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund.

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).

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• Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield 
• Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
• Greater London
• Greater Manchester
• Liverpool City Region
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