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Adults Creative Writing classes (16 plus) with Tina Pisco 8 weeks from Jan 28th 2010 €200
This course is suited to the absolute beginner as well as the seasoned writer who would like to jump start their writing again. Also suitable for other Arts practitioners who wish to explore their creativity through writing. Course Requirements 1. A willingness to explore your creative expression.
2. An interest in creative writing.
3. A desire to develop your creativity.
Course goals
1. To explore your creative expression.
2.To develop your creative writing skills.
3.To take your writing seriously.
Each two-hour class is an active workshop that consists of a mix of writing techniques/subjects that we will explore, and creative writing exercises that are done together.
The workshops use Haiku, music, storytelling, memory, and myth to help writers to develop creative flow.
The workshops are structured to help writers to explore writing on a practical level. To be both in the moment and slightly distanced from it. Over the 20 hr course we will use all five senses to describe the world around us. We will explore the joy of words and dip into our memories as we search for the voice that tells the story. Homework is assigned at every class and is discussed collectively at the next class. Story prompts are also provided at each workshop.
COURSE OUTLINE
-Seeing
-Hearing
-Smelling
-Tasting
-Touch
-Writing from the outside in/inside out
-The power of memory
-Writing Emotion
-Simile and Metaphor
-Bringing it all together
1. A PRACTICAL INTRODUCTION TO SHORT STORY WRITING
Tina Pisco
7 weeks from November 7th 2009 €175
8 weeks from April 15th 2010 €200 Course Requirements 1.A desire to write short stories.
2.A desire to learn about the classic structure that builds a solid story.
Course goals
1.To write at least one complete first draft short story.
2.To understand what makes a “classic” story work.
From the importance of that first paragraph to the need for a satisfying ending, this course pushes the writer to produce a complete short story. A hands-on, practical approach to writing with an emphasis on structure.
2. THE SHORT STORY: FROM FINAL DRAFT TO POLISHED MANUSCRIPT 2. A desire to move on from first draft to polished manuscript.
Course Goals
1.To have a polished finished manuscript that is ready for publication/entry into a writing competition.
-First read edit
-Rewrite/rewrite/rewrite
-Second read edit
-Final polish
-Line edit and final proof reading.
-Markets and competitions
Childrens Poetry and Story-telling classes (10-12 and 13-16s)
Jan 27th - Mar 31 2010 €150 Sept 15th - Nov 24 (with mid-term) €150
Adam wyeth
Adam Wyeth runs various Creative Writing and Poetry Appreciation classes in Cork and the county. Currently, Adam teaches private workshops weekly in Cork, and is running a ten-week workshop working with young people at Turners Cross Community Centre, supported by Cork City Council. Earlier in the year Adam was invited into six primary schools in Kinsale, to teach poetry and creative writing. An anthology was published of the children’s achievements and was launched in July during Kinsale Arts Week. The project was supported by Kinsale Arts Week and Cork County Library. Prior to that, Adam was a workshop facilitator with the Unfinished Book Project under the auspices of the Cork Library Service. The project involves the selection of five Cork writers, each year, to work with students of five secondary schools. Each writer undertakes a weekly workshop with transition year students in a city library. The outcome of which is the publication of the students work in a book, launched on World Book Day.
Adam has been published in numerous magazines, including Poetry London, Magma, The Shop, Southword and The Stinging Fly. He has been anthologized in the Bisto award winning Something Beginning with P, (O’Brien Press) and was a runner-up in the 2006 Arvon International Poetry Competition; the poem was published in their 25th anniversary anthology. He was a featured poet in Agenda magazine (UK) and selected for the Poetry Ireland Introductions Series, 2007. He was also selected by The Munster Literature Centre to be mentored by Matthew Sweeney. He has made two films on poetry, A Life in the Day of Desmond O’Grady, first screened at The Cork Film Festival, 2004; and a full length feature, Soundeye: Cork International Poetry Festival, 2005. He is host of Kinsale’s WORD UP! Poetry Nights, supported by Kinsale Arts Week and Poetryireland.
Over the course of ten workshops, you will be invited to learn and further your skills in poetry and story telling through a multitude of drama games and improvisation; giving you more confidence and showing you just how much fun writing can be. This course is perfect for young people who have boundless energy and creativity and would like to direct that enthusiasm into writing through drama.
Course will include:
*Improvisation games
*Discovering through the senses
*Character exploration
*Active and interactive group work
*Devising stories, short plays and poems
Classes run on Wednesday afternoons, 4.30-6pm with 10-12s and 13-16s in parallel classes, alternating and occasionally combining groups. |
