Anybody who has taken part in a 10week Beginners Course can be part of a Follow-on Group.
Any follow-on course is an opportunity to deepen your relationship with your writing, expand your writing portfolio and allow your voice to mature.
The sessions follow a similar format to the Beginners' Course but with a greater emphasis on your developing some long-term projects, which might be a work of fiction, a poetry collection, a series of memoirs, or a mixture of any of these.
Time will be given to looking at some of the technical features of creative writing such as monologue, dialogue, characterisation and plot. However, these more formal elements will be dealt with in an informal manner. The focus, as always, will be on strengthening intuitive responses rather than following textbook-formulas.
Creativity is at the heart of every course, with on-the-spot exercises continuing to enable the production of fresh writing, support new ideas to surface and provide insight into the nuances of your creative process.
Writing is often a solitary experience. For a writer, solitude can be precious but when solitude spills into isolation it can be unproductive. The sense of group is key to a follow-on course. The group acts as a container for all the writing to take place and needs to provide the secure setting within which the writer can take risks.
Every group develops its own sense of community, where much valued writing friends are made and where varied and sympathetic feedback can be sought. A fresh perspective can make all the difference when we feel blocked or a piece of writing has gotten in a tangle. The structure and regular sessions of a course can offer impetus to the writer but it is the group that provides the sustenance.
The special conditions of a follow-on course are created to enable you to stretch and spread your Writer's wings. You could find yourself developing ideas for a wider audience, maybe for publication or performance. Or you may discover that it is the writing process that is important to you, as means of tapping into a source of creative material or as a vehicle for self-reflection. Either which way, the combination of exercises, technical input and generous group dynamics combine to empower the writer and help them take flight.
Price: £120. This may be paid in two installments. A £20 deposit secures you a place.
Location: Courses and Workshops are currently run in the Wiveliscombe/ Milverton and Taunton area, in Somerset, UK.
Date: Please contact Briony for details of when the next Follow-on Course is due to commence.
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