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Introduction to Creative Writing Leisure and Professional
Location and start date
Cornwall College St Austell - 7 January 2026Cornwall College St Austell - 22 April 2026
Duration
6 weeks - 1 afternoon per weekAttendance
Part-timeCourse information
Introduction to Creative Writing will enable you to translate your ideas into a work of fiction with a beginning, middle and end.
Each class on this 6-week course will include a discussion of a specific technique used by a professional writer, facilitating your development of your creative vision. In a friendly, supportive atmosphere, through focusing on character, you will learn how to build drama, add humour and create tension.
Material fee of £5.
- What are plot, storyline and narrative?
- How to use your characters’ desires, needs and flaws to create tension.
- How to write authentic dialogue.
- How to execute a climactic conclusion.
- How to give constructive feedback.
- How to use feedback to develop your creative vision.
- How to use your characters’ desires, needs and flaws to create tension.
- How to write authentic dialogue.
- How to execute a climactic conclusion.
- How to give constructive feedback.
- How to use feedback to develop your creative vision.
Following on from this course, you may opt to take one of our creative media courses such as our Level 3 Film and Television course, or go on to study Creative Writing and English at University level. You may decide to continue your writing into a full novel and try and get it published.
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| Course type: | Leisure and Professional |
| For individuals with an income over £32,000, there is a nominal fee. ( Tuition Fees: £50.00 ).
Financial support for ages 19+ |
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Course Code 13803-STA-25, 13837-STA-25, 15032-STA-25, 15033-STA-25
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Introduction to Creative Writing
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