Participants Profile

This course is aimed at anyone who enjoys writing and who wish to develop their skills and confidence in their own creative writing skills, regardless of their level of experience. Creativity and idea-generating skills will be built through a mixture of group and individual work as participants are guided in creating, shaping and developing their ideas. This course is also open to individuals interested in poetry or memoir. The overall aim is to encourage the creative flow or words in whatever form chosen by the individual.

Course Description

Through creative participation, the students will learn to:

• Identify and understand different kinds of ingredients which can be used in a story or poem e.g. hooks, image, plot form etc.
• Build confidence in their verbal creative abilities through simple improvisation
• Stimulate their imagination to produce new ideas
• Contribute creatively to group creations
• Develop ideas into full-length stories or poems
• Edit and shape their writing

Course Duration

10 weeks, Wed (HL020) 19.00 – 21.00

Fees

Tuition fee €130

Course Accreditation

Certificate of Attendance