Early spring 2022 courses in the online Collage Writing Room
Creative Writing Foundation Part 1 with Alison Chandler
Starting to write is so much easier with a support network. We’ve put together a Creative Writing Foundation course to help you explore the tools available to you as a writer, with space to discuss, practice and gain confidence. Part 1 explores character-building; setting; dialogue; point of view; plot versus story, and structure; beginnings and endings.
Tuesday mornings: 10.30am-1pm. Jan 4, 11, 18, 25, Feb 1, 8.
Prioritise Your Writing with Alison Chandler
This workshop-based course is ideal if you want to make headway with your writing project whether a novel, a memoir, or a short story collection. Each session is tailored to participants’ specific goals.
Wednesday mornings: 10.30am-1pm. Jan 5, 12, 19, 26, Feb 2, 9.
NEW! Evening Life Writing & Memoir Workshop with Giovanna Iozzi
Over 6 weeks, we will explore how to shape and structure our writing in a compelling and novelistic way. We will learn ways to hook our readers into our story and investigate what is meant by a strong voice in memoir, how stylistic devices like dialogue, scene building, setting description, and suspense creates a vivid world the reader can disappear inside. Students will have the chance to workshop extracts of their writing each week.
Wednesday evenings: 6.30-9pm. Jan 5, 12, 19, 26, Feb2, 9.
Finding the Poem Set 3 with Paul Lyalls NB: 5 WEEKS, DUE TO THE BANK HOLIDAY
A course for anyone who wants to liberate their creativity and immerse themselves in the joy of language. Playful, fun, entertaining, enlightening – explore your word power! All levels welcome. Enjoy this set of 5 weekly workshops, one of 4 separate sets which can be taken in any order.
Monday evenings: 6.30-9pm. Jan 10, 17, 24, 31, Feb 7. £100.
NEW!! Flash Fiction Workout with Giovanna Iozzi
In this new class, we will explore the exciting short form of Flash Fiction using quirky themes, concepts and visual writing prompts. We will read a wide range of published Flash pieces; discover the best online and print places to publish your work as well as competition opportunities and write Flash pieces in class each week, sharing work with the group, as well as bringing in pieces worked on at home.
This course is ideal for generating lots of new material. It will bring concision, vibrancy and wonder to your work and welcomes all levels of writer.
Wednesday mornings: 10.30am-1pm. Jan 26 Feb 2, 9 (half term) Feb 23, March 2, 9.
