Creative Writing - Folktales-Online Delivery-Adult Learning

• Date: 5 June - 10 July 2024
• Sessions: Wednesdays: 1pm - 3pm
• No. sessions: 6
• Venue: Online Courses, Nottingham
• For ages: 19+
• Group size: 5 - 15
• Cost: FREE - £36

This course is aimed at new or established writers, who are either already experimenting with using folk tales in their writing, or who would like to learn about this approach for the first time. 

What will be covered on the course? We will look at:  

• Introduction to folk tales writing 
• Language, structure and style used 
• Assignments, including discussion prompts and writing exercises 
• Opportunity to share your work (not obligatory) 
• Written feedback on a final submission of up to 1,500 words 

What will learners achieve by the end of the course?  

• Be able to understand language, structure and style used in folk tales 
• Final submission of up to 1500 words 
• To learn from published work 
• To enable learners to feel confident about folk tale writing 

 What skills or knowledge do learners already need to have to attend the course? 

No experience required in writing 

Suggested Reading for the course - Stories by: Angela Carter, Marina Warner, Sara Maitland, Donald Barthelme, Joyce Carol Oates, Kirsty Logan, Lucy Wood (you can read at your own time) 

If you are in receipt of certain benefits you will be offered the course for free, however if you have a financial barrier which may prevent you from enrolling on the course  please visit our webpage for further information  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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• By phone: 01623 677 200
• By email: [email protected]

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