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A taste of creative writing

An opportunity to find out what creative writing is all about. If you sometimes want to express yourself on paper, but need help in getting started, why not come along and give this a try?

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Date: 25 Sep 10
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Advanced critical workshop for creative writers

A supportive but rigorous workshop for those with substantial experience in novel and short story writing. High level of writing skills required.

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Date: 21 Sep 10 - 7 Dec 10
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Autobiographical writing

Explore various resources for autobiography, such as dreams, fantasies, memories, diaries and photos. Whether you are writing for self-discovery, testimony or to tell your story, you'll learn how to make your writing evocative and powerful. Term 1 ends on 8th December and term 2 starts on 12th January.

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Date: 21 Sep 10 - 29 Mar 11
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Autobiography into fiction

Explore techniques for transforming personal experience into fiction, realistic or fantastical. We will also discuss some of the issues around using autobiographical material in fiction.

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Date: 2 Oct 10
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Biography writing

Learn about the development of life-writing, with special emphasis on literary biography, and explore the challenges, controversies and history of the genre with a professional biographer using practical writing exercises and analysis of key texts.

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Date: 28 Sep 10 - 7 Dec 10
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Comedy sketch writing

A comprehensive course covering the art, craft and inspiration of comedy sketch writing. We will study classic sketches from Monty Python, Mitchell & Webb, Fry & Laurie, Catherine Tate, Not the Nine O'Clock News and more.

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Date: 31 Oct 10 - 7 Nov 10
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Comedy writing for TV: the mechanics

Explore the basic techniques for writing situation comedy for TV. Learn how to set up a comic world, how to people it with characters, construct plots and design scenes.

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Date: 6 Nov 10
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Comedy's heart of darkness

Delve into comedy’s dark side with the work of Chris Morris, the League of Gentlemen, Nighty Night and more. Create twisted characters, dark sketches and warped comic scenarios: this is comedy at its blackest.

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Date: 20 Feb 11
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Creating fiction

A continuous workshop for experienced, but not necessarily published, writers of short stories and novels.

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Date: 25 Sep 10 - 11 Dec 10
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Creative non-fiction

Explore and experiment with forms on the boundaries of fact and fiction, such as creative non-fiction, fictionalised memoir and personal essays.

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Date: 11 Jan 11 - 29 Mar 11
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