Creative Writing
Course Overview Start date Tuesday 18th January These eight creative writing workshops are for writers who want to make the best of their writing potential. Writers will produce new and imaginative work each week in a relaxed environment. Whatever your style, genre or experience, you will explore your writing voice with exercises that trigger your creativity. This workshop is for writers at any stage of their writing who need a creative boost. At each session, the group will examine a different component of creative writing, including: Location, Plot, Character, Dialogue, Era, Genre, Point of view, and Show don’t tell. The course will help you to focus on you as a writer and will leave you with achievable goals to continue your writing journey. Additional Information This course will go online if government restrictions prevent it from going ahead. Tutor Details Carolann Copland Carolann is the founder of Carousel Creates; offering writing experiences to writers of all ages and lifestyles. She has a Bachelor of Education in English and Drama and has been a teacher for sixteen years. Although she writes mostly novels; Carolann loves to dabble with short stories, plays and poetry; writing between Dublin and the South of Spain. Carolann is happiest when she is sharing her passion for writing. Her debut novel 'Summer Triangle' is published by Emu Ink and her second novel 'Scarred' was launched in June 2015. Kathryn Crowley Kathryn was a primary teacher for over 30 years. She loves to write short stories and memoir pieces. Originally from Killarney, Co. Kerry, she has lived in Dublin for many years. “Sweaters and Small Stuff” (Emu Ink, 2014) was her first published collection of short stories. Her second collection “Room for One More” was published in June 2016 and was shortlisted for the CAP awards in that year. Her stories have been published in “A Pint and a Haircut” and “Selfies and Portraits” and she has won the Jonathan Swift Award and the Writers' Village International Short Fiction Award. |