Creative Writing in your own words
Description:
Leave the rest of your life behind for an intense week of Creative Writing. Whether you are an experienced writer or an enthusiastic beginner, this is the course for you. You will be exploring autobiography, prose and poetry with experienced tutors: Connie is a published short story writer and poet and Cathy, Warwick Poet Laureate, 2008/9, has also been published in anthologies and magazines.
Celia Rees, the Children's author will be attending one session to discuss her writing career and the publishing industry, from a writer's point of view.
Through writing exercises and discussion, you’ll discover your hidden potential in one short week.
Monday
9.30 Registration and coffee
10.00-12.30 Autobiography, using a time line, using the senses, remembering places
11.45 Coffee break
12.30-1.30 Lunch
1.30-4.00 The people in your life, interviewing, finding objectivity
2.45 Mid-afternoon coffee break
Tuesday
10.00-12.30 Finding the conflict. Using fictional devices in autobiographical prose and poetry
1.30-4.00 Using autobiographical poems and stories for fiction
Wednesday
10.00-12.30 Working with characters and setting
1.30-4.00 Plot and the finished story
Thursday
10.00-12.30 Poetry, looking at imagery and concrete language
2.00 Celia Rees will discuss her experiences on writing and getting published
Friday
10.00-12.30 Exploring narrative in the short story and poetry. Presentation.
Celia Rees, the Children's author will be attending one session to discuss her writing career and the publishing industry, from a writer's point of view.
Through writing exercises and discussion, you’ll discover your hidden potential in one short week.
Monday
9.30 Registration and coffee
10.00-12.30 Autobiography, using a time line, using the senses, remembering places
11.45 Coffee break
12.30-1.30 Lunch
1.30-4.00 The people in your life, interviewing, finding objectivity
2.45 Mid-afternoon coffee break
Tuesday
10.00-12.30 Finding the conflict. Using fictional devices in autobiographical prose and poetry
1.30-4.00 Using autobiographical poems and stories for fiction
Wednesday
10.00-12.30 Working with characters and setting
1.30-4.00 Plot and the finished story
Thursday
10.00-12.30 Poetry, looking at imagery and concrete language
2.00 Celia Rees will discuss her experiences on writing and getting published
Friday
10.00-12.30 Exploring narrative in the short story and poetry. Presentation.
| Email: | Send email |
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| Website: | www2.warwick.ac.uk |
| Organisation: | The University of Warwick |
| Ages: | Adults (18+) |
| Location: | Warwickshire, West Midlands |
| Categories: | Writing, Film & Photography > Creative Writing |
| Keywords: | poetry warwick university coventry creative writing |
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