This 6-week course will help you develop techniques for transforming personal experience into fiction. You'll have the opportunity to improve your writing skills as well as your ability to give and use constructive criticism in a workshop environment.
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This course will help you develop techniques for transforming personal experience into fiction. You'll have the opportunity to improve your writing skills as well as your ability to give and use constructive criticism in a workshop environment.
What will we cover?
- Literary methods to recast and change elements of the original “true” story to fit a story arc - Using different voices (third person vs first person) - Fictionalising real-life people - Fictionalising real-life dialogue - How to give and receive effective feedback - Editing your work - Recommended apps and software to help you organise your writing and ideas - Legal issues you must be aware of when fictionalising real-lives.
What level is the course and do I need any particular skills?
This course is an intermediate level course suitable for those who have taken the one-day Autobiography into fiction course, or who have some prior experience with creative writing. Fluency in written and spoken English is essential.
How will I be taught, and will there be any work outside the class?
- Presentations by the tutor - Writing exercises to help you transform personal material into fiction - Text analysis and group discussion to reflect each topic - Regular class discussion of your own techniques, problems and benefits in attempting to turn personal material into fiction.
City Lit Writing endeavours to create a safe and welcoming space for all and we strongly support the use of content notes in our classes. This means that learners are encouraged to make their tutor and classmates aware in advance if any writing they wish to share contains material that may be deemed sensitive. If you are unsure about what might constitute sensitive content, please ask your tutor for further clarification and read our expectations for participating in writing courses at City Lit.
Are there any other costs? Is there anything I need to bring?
Ideas for a project or a work-in-progress. You should also bring paper and pens or pencils.
Nick Barlay is the author of four acclaimed novels and one book of non-fiction. He has written award-winning radio plays, short stories and wide-ranging journalism. He has previously taught fiction, life writing and Guardian Masterclasses on writing family history.
Please note: We reserve the right to change our tutors from those advertised. This happens rarely, but if it does, we are unable to refund fees due to this. Our tutors may have different teaching styles; however we guarantee a consistent quality of teaching in all our courses.
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