Creative Writing - Short Stories Next Steps - Stapleford Library - Adult Learning

Stapleford Library and Learning Centre, Nottingham

Date	14 January - 11 February 2023
Sessions	Saturdays: 10am - 12pm
No. sessions	5
Venue	Stapleford Library and Learning Centre, Nottingham View venue details
For ages	19+
Group size	5 - 15
Cost	FREE - £30

About this course

Please note this course is Adult Only

If you want to find out what it takes to write a publishable short story, this course is for you. Our Short Stories Next Steps writing course will help you to create credible plots and structure your story as well as showing you how to present your work ready for publication.

One of the enjoyable things about short stories is the sheer variety of the markets for which you could be writing; women’s magazines, local newspapers, competitions and festivals, small press magazines. This course will show you how to research and meet the demands of these markets. You will learn the disciplines of short story writing, hone your skills to ensure your short stories are structured and know what makes them work.

With a focus on developing your ideas into short stories, this course includes:

a variety of writing activities
creating credible plots
short story structure
research of potential markets
how to present your work for publication
giving feedback to other writers
receiving feedback from other writers.

Pen and paper or alternatively, a suitable device to write your short stories on

There are no set books for this course because a range of published texts will be provided but you may find the following of interest:

Margret Geraghty - More five-minute writing : another 50 inspiring exercises in creative writing in five minutes a day

We will also examine techniques used in published texts and use this to inspire new writing.

The class will be about encouragement and sharing. There will be opportunities to give and receive feedback.

This is a next steps course following on from our Short Stories course.

This course is suitable for writers with skills or knowledge gained through the experience of writing at least one complete short story. Published and non-published writers are welcome.

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: