Creative Writing - Short Stories Next Steps - Online Courses - Adult Learning

Online Courses, Nottingham

Date	5 - 26 November 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 will help you to be aware of different forms of writing  and analyse published work. We will use prompts and pictures for writing and you will get the opportunity to share your work in the group and listen to others’ work providing constructive feedback. You will learn how to plan and create your own writing. This course is aimed at those writers who have had some experience in writing or for those who are looking for refreshing and polishing their skills. Advice and support will be given to you about how to develop an idea and structure of a short story. 

What will learners achieve by the end of the course?

Recall technical terms 
Analyse techniques in writing 
Apply knowledge by trying out a range of styles 
Evaluate own and others’ work by giving and receiving peer feedback 
To create and edit your work 
Potential to get published

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.