Express Yourself For Mental Health - Creative Writing
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About this Event
Week One of Six Week Course -
Creative Writing
Throughout this six week course you'll learn how to use creative writing, poetry, spoken word and music to help organise your feelings, thoughts and emotions.
Each week you'll explore a different theme using a variety of writing techniques.
- Creative Writing
- Storytelling
- Rhyming
- Well-being
- Current affairs
- Freewrite
**Each week will help you to develop your creative writing toolkit and your voice and can be studied as a six week course or as individual workshops.
During the workshops you'll have the opportunity to learn through taught material, live demonstration, hands on writing exercises and performance.
This week we start with Creative Writing
Foundational building blocks of writing. Looking at simple techniques to give your writing more depth.
Who is this workshop for?
This workshop is for anyone who would like to explore new creative ways to address thoughts, feelings and emotions or develop their creative writing skills.
Do I need to have previous writing experience?
No! This is for everyone of all ages and abilities.
What do I need to participate in the workshop?
- This is an online course so you will need access to the internet on either a computer or phone.
- It is hosted on Zoom so you will need to have a Zoom account.
- Otherwise just yourself, a pen and paper!
If you don't have Zoom or feel like technology might be a barrier please get in touch with the organiser who can help you get set up. We're here to help!
What did past D3 Creative Writing Workshop attendees say?
"I'm just loving everything about these sessions! Supportive, friendly, non judgemental, easy to communicate with...so many positives"
"I had a lot of writing basics broken down for me which was really helpful."
"I found connectinhg with others and giving one another creative feedback was useful"
"The exercises were all valuable"
How much does it cost?
The course is currently running at an introductory offer of £10 per individual workshop or just £30 if bought as a course.
