Creative Writing Evening Class (Summer 2024)

This is a mixed ability 8-week course, suitable for those wanting to learn new skills and writers looking to polish existing talents.

The topics covered during the course will include character development, utilizing your senses, writing from life experience and much more. The focus is primarily on fiction, but the skills you will learn are applicable to poetry and writing for screen and stage.

Classes will run every Wednesday from 7-9pm from 26 June to 21 August 2024. Please note that there will not be a class on Wednesday 3 July 2024.

Further information will be sent out by email in advance of the first class.

P lease note that this class is not open to Under 16s.

I f you are purchasing this as a gift for someone, then please use your email address on the booking. You can update this at a later date by emailing [email protected].

Alison Mott is a writer and story collector with many years’ experience leading creative activities in the community.

She writes memoir, historical fiction and non-fiction, children's fiction and educational materials for adults and schools.

Her work has appeared across a range of publications, online platforms and local presses, including The Guardian and Primary History Magazine.

Alison was Writer in Residence at Loughborough's Old Rectory Museum in 2018 and her book, Songster – Loughborough’s Own War Horse was published by Carillon Tower and War Memorial Museum the same year.

She has a Master’s degree in Creative Writing and is accredited as a writing coach through the Arvon Foundation and the National Association of Writers in Education.

Visitors are required to register their vehicle and pay to park on campus. There is a flat evening rate of £1 after 6pm. You have 30 minutes from arrival in which to complete the registration process. There are various ways in which you can register and pay:

· Download the APCOA Connect App* (location code 2862)

· Pre-book parking online

· Pay for parking online (on arrival)

· Pay by ScanPay on arrival*

· By phone: 01895 262122 (location code 2862)

· By cashless pay machines on campus. At present the closest pay machine is in Car Park 9, which is on the opposite side of Epinal Way to Cope Auditorium.

* There is an additional 20p surcharge that applies to payments via these methods.

Please contact [email protected] if you have any queries or visit the visitor parking webpage for more information.

The class will take place in G Block on campus, which is located behind Edward Herbert Building and close to the Ashleigh Drive entrance. The building has step-free access and the room will be on the ground floor.

If you have any specific access requirements or anything you would like us to be aware of when running the event, please let us know via the booking form or email [email protected] in advance of booking and we will do our best to accommodate them.

We will issue refunds for cancellations (minus Eventbrite fees) up to seven days prior to the first class, but no refunds will subsequently be issued unless a class is cancelled and cannot be re-arranged.

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