Telling Your Story - The Art of the Personal Essay' - 4 week course
Locus Of Walthamstow
Monday 18th September 2017, 7:00pm
Price:
£42.82
(£44.73 including booking fee)
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About Telling Your Story - The Art of the Personal Essay' - 4 week course
This course is for 4 weeks starting 18th September 2017 7-9pm
Tutor Bio:
Mel Green is a qualified teacher with over a decade of experience
teaching in state and special schools. She holds an Education MA and
has completed her first year of a Masters in Creative Writing.
Mel Green is currently published writer specialising in personal essays,
educational materials and articles on parenting. She has written and
submitted a number of short stories to magazines and competitions. She
is also a qualified fiction editor specialising in Middle Grade and Young
Adult novels.
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Topics
1st week:
Introduction to creative non-fiction as a genre
How to conduct research as a writer
2nd week:
The self as a character
Other characters
3rd week:
Structuring writing
Interesting techniques
4th week:
Peer review session
Evaluating and reflecting
What should participants be able to do by the end of the course?
Students will be able to:
Use a notebook to capture ideas
Conduct research for writing a personal essay
Structure a personal essay
Use a variety of writing techniques
Evaluate the writing of others
What form will classes take?
Paired activities
Group discussions
Writing activities
Solo presentations
Terms & conditions for Telling Your Story - The Art of the Personal Essay' - 4 week course
Once booked, this ticket is non refundable unless the workshop is cancelled by the host.
Locus Of Walthamstow
1 Chingford road,
walthamstow,
e17 4pw