Creative Writing - Short Stories - Online Courses - Adult Learning

Online Courses, Nottingham

Date	24 September - 15 October 2025
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 aims to bring together writers of all abilities and introduce you to short story 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 short story We will look at:  Types of short stories  Role of audience and feedback  Importance of proof-reading  Writing different forms including flash fiction Sharing your work in the group and listening to others’ work and providing constructive feedback  Analyse published work  Elements of a short story 

What will learners achieve by the end of the course? Utilise skills and knowledge of how to write short stories    Create several pieces of writing and/or either one short story or several short stories   Write for pleasure   Analyse a collection of your own ideas as well as those provided by published writers   Be proficient in receiving constructive feedback

What you will need to bring to the course:

A pen, paper and a drink.

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.