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LONDON SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM |
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| Course Fee: £ 325 (inc vat) | |||
| Course Date and start time: | Commencing Thursday 1 October |
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| Nine Thursday evenings from 6.30pm-9.00pm | |||
Creative Writing
The course explores the techniques of writing fiction and non-fiction through examples, writing exercises and discussion. Students do not need to have work-in-progress but should be aspiring writers to get the most from class feedback.
The lecturer is Nick Barlay, the well-known novelist and writer.
| Week 1: | Introduction - different forms: story, novels, scripts, life-writing, journalism | |
| Week 2: | Structure - acts, archetypes and folk tales | |
| Week 3: | Finding a voice - first and third person, authorial voice | |
| Week 4: | Character - creation and development | |
| Week 5: | Location - setting and context | |
| Week 6: | Plot - the arrangement of incidents | |
| Week 7: | Dramatic reconstruction - fiction, non-fiction and the role of research | |
| Week 8: | Dialogue - purpose, techniques and voices | |
| Week 9: | Writing business - publishers, agents and money |
Book: Short Story Writing (London School of Journalism 2008)
(cost included in course fees)
The course starting on 17 September is now fully booked