Course overview

Whether you want to write memoirs, a novel, stories or poetry or for personal development come along and join this friendly day course. We will explore creative writing as therapy and the development of your writing skills, imagination and confidence. We will look at different ways of writing about life experience, memory, incidents and details that illustrate a narrative and how the use of imagination creates many forms of writing, such as stories poem and memoirs.

Course description

We will explore creative writing as therapy, development of your writing skills and the joy of writing. We will consider different forms of writing directly about experience, development of imagination and 'stream of consciousness' - free writing. We will have short writing projects ina constructive and friendly setting. We will look at some examples of published memoirs, journals, extracts from short stories and poems known to be based on autobiography You are invited to bring work in progress though this is optional. This course is for beginners or developers.

We don't want anything to stand in your way when it comes to bringing Adult learning within reach so if you need anything to support you to achieve your goals then speak to one of our education experts during your enrolment journey. Most of our courses are government funded but if you don't qualify or need alternative financial help to access them then let us know.
All of our digital content, teaching and learning activities and assessments are designed to be accessible so if you need any additional support you can discuss this with the education experts during your enrolment journey and we will do all we can to make sure you have optimal access.

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