Key details
- Date: 13 August 2024
- Time: 10am - 3pm
- Venue: Mansfield Central Library, Mansfield
- For ages: 19+
- Group size: 5 - 15
- Cost: FREE - £13.50
About this course
On this course, we will look at structure and writing techniques, take part in writing exercises and discussions and look at published work. This preparation work will enable you to write a story in a day.
In this workshop, we will cover:
- Creating a character
- Where to start
- Structure/ narrative arc
- Introducing a problem
- Increasing tension
- How to end
What you will need:
- Paper and pens or laptop
- Packed lunch or money for lunch; drink
Suggested Reading for the course:
- The Thing Around Your Neck: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
- The Bloody Chamber: Angela Carter
- What We Talk About When We Talk About Love: Raymond Carver
- The Tell Tale Heart: Edgar Allen Poe
Booking your place and fee information
If you are in receipt of certain benefits you will beoffered the course for free, however if you have a financial barrier which mayprevent you from enrolling on the course please visit our webpage for furtherinformation https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/skills-learning/funding-your-courses/
To secure your place on the course BOTH the following must be done:
- Complete the EVENTBRITE BOOKING.
- Complete our INSPIRE ONLINE ENROLMENT FORM for each person attending the course.
You should be redirected to the Inspire Online Enrolment Form after completing the Eventbrite booking. If you are not redirected, please use the link supplied in the Eventbrite booking confirmation email.
To book and enrol on one of our courses, you must have been living in England and have been resident in the UK for the past 3 years.
Some exceptions may apply if you are living in England with evidence of the right to remain and are from an EEU/EEAU country (completion of a questionnaire will be required).
As we no longer receive funding for our ESFA-funded courses for learners living in the devolved areas listed below, full cost fees would apply to these courses if you live in these areas:
- Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield
- Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
- Greater London
- Greater Manchester
- Liverpool City Region
- Newcastle Upon Tyne, North Tyneside and Northumberland
- Tees Valley
- West of England
- West Midlands
- West Yorkshire
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