creative writing courses

greyface

Hello

I was wondering if anyone knew any good creative writing courses for begininers.

Thanks!

Blush_01

Hi Greyface, I think you might get a better response in the Creative Writing forum.

Finding a creative writing course really depends on where you're situated geographically.

Best of luck!

sceptre

Moved from Literature:)

Nature lover

Hi Greyface,

If you live any where near Limerick or Killaloe, David Rice of Killaloe Hedge School is giving three weekend workshops over next three months. The first one on 20th Feb is 'Get started writing'. i cant find his website, it must be down but if you go to WWW.clarefocus.ie and search for David Rice there you will come to the details. I have heard he is v good. Also there will be some great workshops at the Listowel Writers Festival in June www.writersweek.ie. Where are u based?

EileenG

What part of the country are you in?

bigsmokewriting

OP, if you're in Dublin we do beginners' courses here at the Big Smoke Writing Factory - 10 weeks, evenings or daytime courses - have a daytime one starting in late February and new terms of our evening ones will kick off around late March/early April.

It's also worth investing in one or two books on writing just to get you started - e.g. Anne Lamott's Bird By Bird is a great one for a lot of people.

Online courses also suit some people, but there's a lot to be gained from actually turning up to a class every week and meeting others who are in the same position you are - writing can be a lonely enough business the rest of the time!

Nature lover

Hi Greyface, its also worth trying to start a group yourself. my writing group started last May, we meet for 3 hrs every Monday in each others houses, we take it in turns to bring the prompt and it works v well for us. we meet anyway even if one or two cannot make it and those that cant make it try to write at that time also. Ocasionally we pay a professional to 'give' us a session. The last time we had Stella from Suir Tales Creative Writing Workshop, email her at suirtalesATgmailDOTcom

pavb2

I completed the Open University A215 Creative Writing a course couple of years ago found it very structured.It had a poetry module in it which at the beginning didn't interest me but once I got into it really enjoyed it.

I wrote the opening of a novel and a few short stories as a result of having to meet deadlines and for me it was great to have this discipline.

The only downside is 9 months study which can be tough if your working, kids etc but you have to make the time, also cost can be prohibitive.

Try this link

www.openuniversity.co.uk

Hrududu

Hope its ok to bump this older thread rather than starting a new one. I was hoping to get some opinions on a few writing courses. The ones I'm looking at right now are in Big Smoke Writing Factory, The Irish Writer's Centre and Some Blind Alleys. Has anyone here done courses in any of these places? If so can you give me any information on how you found them?

pickarooney

There's a sticky for this at the top of the thread list.