This course is for anyone that wants to scratch their writing itch!
You’ll develop your writing skills in a variety of different areas, including poetry, short story writing, flash fiction, playwriting and novel writing.
By exploring your writing in different areas, you’ll discover inventive approaches to begin your own individual project.
This course is ideal for people who have not attended a creative writing course before, and are looking for a challenge.
You’ll write something new each week and receive guidance, advice and feedback from your peers and tutor in a supportive, seminar environment to help you develop and progress.
You’ll approach different literary examples each session to inspire you, and apply ideas from these to your own work.
What will you gain?
By the end of the course, you’ll leave with a manuscript which might be the first draft of play or poetry collection, a short story or the start of something longer.
You’ll also have an understanding of how to progress your work further.
Tutor profile: Gareth Watts has written for radio, published poetry, written short stories and reviews for Fiction Uncovered.
He is a regular columnist for LeftLion and is co-host of the LeftLion Football Podcast.
Gareth has a PHD in English Literature and his first novel, Werner Krauss, was published in 2017.
He is currently Head of Creative Arts at Gateway College.
Indicative maximum class size: 15
Any questions?
Contact the short course team:
Email: creativeshortcourses@ntu.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0)115 848 2813
What you'll study
During this course, you will:
- learn key elements of writing including how to get started and where to find inspiration
- explore your characters and how to flesh them out
- use poetry to develop your other creative writing projects
- complete writing workshops and exercises to develop your writing style
- share your work with others and understand how to self-edit
- understand the context of literary traditions and where your work sits in this framework.
Entry requirements
Level: Beginner
Entry requirement: No experience is required.
Level: Beginner
Entry requirement: No experience is required.
How to apply
You can book your place via the NTU online store:
Saturday course (10 October - 12 December 2020)
Saturday course (23 January - 27 March 2021)
Saturday course (24 April - 26 June 2021)
Browse all our creative writing short courses.
Please read our notes on the University's commitment to delivering the educational services advertised.
You can book your place via the NTU online store:
Saturday course (10 October - 12 December 2020)
Saturday course (23 January - 27 March 2021)
Saturday course (24 April - 26 June 2021)
Browse all our creative writing short courses.
Please read our notes on the University's commitment to delivering the educational services advertised.
Fees and funding
The fee for this course is £375.
Payment is due at the time of booking.
The fee for this course is £375.
Payment is due at the time of booking.