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Creative Writing: Start Your Memoir
Come write that story that you’ve been meaning to write!
We get inspired into our own story by reading short extracts of published memoir and essays.
The tutor teaches an element of craft each week to try out in our writing.
We will have writing exercises in class which we can share to receive gentle feedback from peers and the tutor.
You will leave feeling satisfied you put pen to paper. And made friends too!
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Dates:Tue 12/11/2024 -
Tue 03/12/2024Times:10:00am - 12:00pmDuration:4 sessionsLocation:The Good Story
45 St Leonards Road
Bexhill
TN40 1JATutor:Nicola TorodeCourse code:Q00019809How you'll learn:In venueAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £33.60
Beginners Blogging: How to create a Blog
Starting a blog is easier than you think. If you have ideas, tips, or recommendations to share, this short blogging course can teach you the essentials to get your blog online.
This beginner’s blogging course covers essential lessons in both writing and setting up your blog. You’ll learn creative writing techniques to make your blogs engaging, and digital skills to make sure you can set up and maintain your site.
This course is aimed at beginners, so don’t worry if this is new to you.
This beginners blogging course covers the basics of launching a blog. Become familiar with the Content Management System (CMS) where you will upload your blog. You will also receive CMS training to teach you how to set up and maintain your website. Learn to publish and promote your blog.
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Dates:Mon 25/11/2024 -
Mon 23/12/2024Times:10:00am - 12:00pmDuration:5 sessionsLocation:OnlineTutor:Karen DuncanCourse code:Q00017645How you'll learn:OnlineAvailability:3 places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £37.00
Creative Writing: Writing Love
These creative writing workshops spotlight the much-written theme of love. From romantic love to family love, from love of a place or a home of long ago to the love of a pet or a ritual, we’ll learn from authors who have portrayed love in all its form – obsessive love, had and had to let go of love and soul-mate love. This workshop consists of a blend of activities: writing exercises to practice your craft; close reading of extracts from published inspirational writers and teaching points on creative writing techniques. There is an opportunity to share your fresh words in small groups and receive gentle, appreciative feedback.
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Dates:Wed 27/11/2024 -
Wed 18/12/2024Times:10:00am - 12:00pmDuration:4 sessionsLocation:OnlineTutor:Nicola TorodeCourse code:Q00017746How you'll learn:OnlineAvailability:8 places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £29.60
Creative Writing: Taster: Creating Well-Rounded Characters
What’s at the heart of any story? A well-rounded character! Discover ways to make your characters so engaging that the reader can’t put the story down. From expressing a range of emotions, contradictory behaviours, hidden desires, flaws and more. Learn how to create a character we care about, one the reader can root for. A multidimensional character is more lifelike and engaging for your reader. This workshop and course is intended for those who have some experience of writing.
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Dates:Wed 04/12/2024 -
Wed 04/12/2024Times:2:00pm - 5:00pmDuration:1 sessionsLocation:OnlineTutor:Nicola TorodeCourse code:Q00019613How you'll learn:OnlineAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £11.10
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Duration:12 monthsFee:£15
Creative Writing: Body and Earth
This friendly creative writing course will invite you to enter into relationship with your bodies and surroundings. The session will be held in a supportive way and will integrate some simple meditation (adaptable to all bodies), prompts for creative and reflective expression through writing, and even some environmental science! You will be guided to a holistic understanding of person and place. This course is ideal for people who like to write and to contemplate how to live more skilfully as individuals, as a community and in relationship with their surroundings. There will be time for sharing small parts of your writing towards the end of the workshop but no pressure, it’s about an unfolding individual/shared creative process and participants need to feel at ease to write freely.
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Dates:Tue 07/01/2025 -
Tue 18/03/2025Times:6:30pm - 8:30pmDuration:10 sessionsLocation:OnlineTutor:Ione HarrisCourse code:Q00019161How you'll learn:OnlineAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £74.00
Music Appreciation: The Music of the Parisian Belle Epoque: The Innovations of the French Composers
Paris between 1870 and 1925, in the period known as La Belle Epoque, saw an outburst of artistic creativity in which music played a major role. Composers such as Bizet, Debussy, Ravel and Satie produced innovations which advanced western musical development by overturning Wagner and re-writing the rule book on harmony and form. After a lull since its Romantic hey-day in the 1830s, Paris was once again the centre of the musical world. The city was now a melting pot for artistic endeavour, transforming influences from Russia, Spain, the Far East and the USA into music which became uniquely and elegantly French. In this course, we trace a period, book-ended by two devastating wars, through its achievements in verismo opera, “total art” ballet, impressionism, avant-garde and jazz.
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Dates:Tue 07/01/2025 -
Tue 11/02/2025Times:10:30am - 12:30pmDuration:6 sessionsLocation:Storton Lodge (Goring)
Icknield Road
Goring-on-Thames
Goring
RG8 0DLTutor:Christopher CarterCourse code:Q00017603How you'll learn:In venueAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £60.00
Creative Writing for Wellbeing
Enhance your well-being through writing with our Creative Writing for Wellbeing course. Learn techniques for using creative writing as a tool for self-expression and emotional healing. Ideal for individuals looking to improve their mental health through writing.
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Dates:Wed 08/01/2025 -
Wed 16/04/2025Times:1:00pm - 3:30pmDuration:13 sessionsLocation:Shekinah Endeavour House (Torquay)
Endeavour House, 228 Union Str
Torquay
TQ2 5QSTutor:Ione HarrisCourse code:Q00017176How you'll learn:In venueAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £88.20
Creative Writing: Show and Tell: Taster Workshop
This workshop will re-examine the golden rule in creative writing “Show don’t tell.” With published extracts from a variety of genres, both fiction and creative non- fiction, you will see what is meant by effective showing. How emotions, thoughts, reactions are described rather than explained to make the story so much more engaging. You’ll learn how to apply this to your work with great effect. Rather than ‘don’t tell’ you’ll learn where telling and summary are essential for pace and plot. This course is intended for those who have some experience of creative writing.
This course is funded by the Education Skills and Funding Agency.
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Dates:Wed 08/01/2025 -
Wed 08/01/2025Times:2:00pm - 5:00pmDuration:2 sessionsLocation:OnlineTutor:Georgia DanielCourse code:Q00019618How you'll learn:OnlineAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £11.10
Beginners Blogging: How to create a Blog
Starting a blog is easier than you think. If you have ideas, tips, or recommendations to share, this short blogging course can teach you the essentials to get your blog online.
This beginner’s blogging course covers essential lessons in both writing and setting up your blog. You’ll learn creative writing techniques to make your blogs engaging, and digital skills to make sure you can set up and maintain your site.
This course is aimed at beginners, so don’t worry if this is new to you.
This beginners blogging course covers the basics of launching a blog. Become familiar with the Content Management System (CMS) where you will upload your blog. You will also receive CMS training to teach you how to set up and maintain your website. Learn to publish and promote your blog.
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Dates:Wed 08/01/2025 -
Wed 12/02/2025Location:OnlineCourse code:Q00017646How you'll learn:OnlineAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £37.00
Creative Writing for Intermediate Learners
Enhance your creative writing skills with our Creative Writing for Intermediate Learners course. Learn techniques for writing fiction, poetry, and creative non-fiction. Ideal for writers with some experience looking to refine their craft.
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Dates:Mon 13/01/2025 -
Thu 27/02/2025Times:10:00am - 11:30amDuration:7 sessionsLocation:OnlineTutor:James ClarkeCourse code:Q00016282How you'll learn:OnlineAvailability:2 places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £33.30