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Creative Writing: Creating and Developing Characters

Bring your characters to life with our Creative Writing: Creating and Developing Characters course. Learn techniques for creating complex, believable characters that drive your stories. Ideal for writers looking to enhance their character development skills.
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Dates:
Thu 03/04/2025 -
Thu 12/06/2025
Times:
1:00pm - 3:00pm
Duration:
11 sessions
Location:
Online
Tutor:
Patrick O'Reilly
Course code:
Q00017316
How you'll learn:
Online
Availability:
10+ places remaining
Status:
Available
Fee range
Free to £92.40

Personal Development & Confidence through Self Expression

This empowering course focuses on building confidence, self-awareness, and personal growth through creative and verbal self-expression. Learners will explore different ways to express themselves authentically, whether through speech, writing, art, or movement. By developing communication skills, embracing individuality, and practicing self-reflection, individuals will gain the confidence to navigate personal and professional situations with greater self-assurance.
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Dates:
Fri 04/04/2025 -
Fri 04/07/2025
Times:
10:00am - 12:00pm
Duration:
11 sessions
Location:
Washington Community Resource Centre (Wa
Ayton Road
Oxclose Village
Washington
NE38 0DA
Tutor:
Margaret Mordue
Course code:
Q00021274
How you'll learn:
In venue
Availability:
10+ places remaining
Status:
Available
Fee range
Free to £92.40

Creative Writing: Bootcamp: Essentials of Story April

Aimed at those who are already writing stories or a longer project. Over 5 hours in one weekend, you’ll set a daily achievable goal, refresh an element of story craft through the tutor’s stimulating exercises and extracts from published texts and write! We’ll immerse ourselves in short and longer writing exercises and get feedback from the tutor and peers when you share in pairs. Imagine the amount of work and momentum you’ll build over these two mornings. Set yourself up for success.
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Dates:
Sat 05/04/2025 -
Sun 06/04/2025
Times:
10:00am - 12:30pm
Duration:
2 sessions
Location:
Online
Tutor:
Nicola Torode
Course code:
Q00021873
How you'll learn:
Online
Availability:
10+ places remaining
Status:
Available
Fee range
Free to £18.50

Creative Writing: Write, Polish, Submit!

Need guidance and inspiration to make your story zing? Feel overwhelmed with editing? Join this course for tips and examples of how to edit your work: from the macro of the bigger picture questions to make the story consistent and coherent to the micro of syntax and building tension. This is not a proofreading course. It’s about weeding out info dumping, bringing alive the scene through showing rather than tell. It's about weeding out redundant words, cliches, fixing time hops and transitions and ensure there's enough forward momentum. We write in-class, share, get feedback and re-write. Samples of work with before and after edits will help us know what to focus on. To keep yourself accountable you will be encouraged to research relevant calls for submissions and commit to submitting. Also guidance on the submission process will be shared.
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Dates:
Wed 09/04/2025 -
Wed 07/05/2025
Times:
10:00am - 12:00pm
Duration:
5 sessions
Location:
Online
Tutor:
Nicola Torode
Course code:
Q00021561
How you'll learn:
Online
Availability:
10+ places remaining
Status:
Available
Fee range
Free to £37.00

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Duration:
12 months
Fee:
£15

Creative Writing: Inspired by the 7 Different Plots

Are there really only 7 different plots? A fun, friendly and structured approach to gain fiction writing knowledge and written word skills and, importantly, aid you in finding inspiration, putting pen paper and getting writing. Mystery, thriller, noir, hardboiled crime, a touch of the ghostly and gothic or something far more salacious – find inspiration as we consider the kind of words, characters and styles which suit a tale exploring one or more of the seven different plots, will it be Rags to Riches or Voyage and Return – which might yield your future best seller or lead you down the wrong path to the bargain bin?
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Dates:
Tue 22/04/2025 -
Tue 20/05/2025
Times:
7:00pm - 9:00pm
Duration:
5 sessions
Location:
Online
Tutor:
George Cromack
Course code:
Q00020288
How you'll learn:
Online
Availability:
10+ places remaining
Status:
Available
Fee range
Free to £37.00

Every Photo Tells a Story: Creative writing from photos

Feel the power of the photograph. Ease into writing a story. The photo mesmerises, it unlocks your imagination, transports you to other worlds, to memories forgotten until now. This creative writing course aims to boost your imagination, help you to generate vivid ideas that will have you drift from image to pen. You'll be introduced to a range of photos - portrait, street, nature, city and more - to activate and tease out a story. In class you'll stories and share with others to further spark your imagination and feel inspired. The tutor offers verbal feedback and also written feedback on one submitted piece over the course. Short published stories will also be shared to flex your storytelling muscle!
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Dates:
Tue 22/04/2025 -
Tue 13/05/2025
Times:
2:00pm - 4:30pm
Duration:
4 sessions
Location:
Online
Tutor:
Nicola Torode
Course code:
Q00021169
How you'll learn:
Online
Availability:
10+ places remaining
Status:
Available
Fee range
Free to £37.00

Creative Writing for Wellbeing

Discover the therapeutic benefits of writing with our Creative Writing: Creative Writing for Wellbeing course. Learn how to use writing as a tool for self-expression, healing, and personal growth. Ideal for individuals looking to improve their mental and emotional well-being through creative expression.
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Dates:
Wed 23/04/2025 -
Wed 21/05/2025
Times:
2:00pm - 4:00pm
Duration:
5 sessions
Location:
Shekinah Endeavour House (Torquay)
Endeavour House, 228 Union Str
Torquay
TQ2 5QS
Tutor:
Ione Harris
Course code:
Q00017097
How you'll learn:
In venue
Availability:
10+ places remaining
Status:
Available
Fee range
Free to £42.00

Creative Writing: Writing Food

This 10-hour course will stimulate your imagination and palette for writing food stories from fiction, life writing and reportage. You will read published stories to provide inspiration and story craft techniques to embellish your own writing. You will share your writing in pairs to give confidence and courage to write more.
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Dates:
Wed 23/04/2025 -
Wed 14/05/2025
Times:
2:00pm - 4:00pm
Duration:
5 sessions
Location:
Online
Tutor:
Nicola Torode
Course code:
Q00019290
How you'll learn:
Online
Availability:
10+ places remaining
Status:
Available
Fee range
Free to £59.20

Personal Development: Creative writing

Unlock your inner writer! This 4-week Introduction to Creative Writing course will ignite your imagination and guide you in expressing yourself through the power of words. We'll delve into various writing styles, helping you observe the world around you with fresh eyes and translate those experiences onto the page. Whether you're a complete beginner or have dabbled in writing, this course is designed to unleash your creativity and deepen your enjoyment of the written word.
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Dates:
Wed 23/04/2025 -
Wed 21/05/2025
Times:
10:00am - 12:00pm
Duration:
10 sessions
Location:
KCU Ltd at Fuller Church (Kettering)
51 Gold Street
Kettering
NN16 8JB
Tutor:
Caroline Smy
Course code:
Q00016754
How you'll learn:
In venue
Availability:
10+ places remaining
Status:
Available
Fee range
Free to £33.60

Creative Writing: Writing for Blogs, Magazines and Publications

A friendly and accessible guide to feature writing, both in print and/or for digital media – blogs, online reviews etc. How to write, research, style and structure an article, either/or factual and creative. Taking time to identify a suitable publication for a proposed article and making first contact. This course also explores the online possibilities of reviews and blogging – how to blog consistently and maintain a readership. This course will make use of a mix of informal feedback, lecture using PowerPoint slides, some focused group discussion/creative tasks in breakout rooms and feedback. Suitable for beginners or improvers and those with a passing curiosity!
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Dates:
Thu 24/04/2025 -
Thu 22/05/2025
Times:
7:00pm - 9:00pm
Duration:
5 sessions
Location:
Stephen Joseph Theatre (Scarborough)
Westborough
Scarborough
YO11 1JW
Tutor:
George Cromack
Course code:
Q00020293
How you'll learn:
In venue
Availability:
10+ places remaining
Status:
Available
Fee range
Free to £42.00