Creative Writing - Story
This programme offers students the opportunity to work on a piece of their own prose writing, introducing them to the skills required to read and write short stories, as well as elements of craft including the writer¡¯s voice, character development, point of view, structure and redrafting. Students form part of a supportive and engaged writing group led by experienced members of the Seamus Heaney Centre teaching team. Across the programme, students will work on the first draft of a short story that will be workshopped by their peers, so openness to receiving feedback ¨C and providing constructive feedback ¨C and readiness to redraft in light of it will be a key aspect of the learning process. They will leave with the core of a short story, and the tools to complete it.
- Become part of a supportive and engaged writing group led by experienced members of the Seamus Heaney Centre teaching team
- Field trip to Ulster Museum to explore subjects for writing an ekphrastic passage
- Q&A session with an established Belfast prose writer
- Closing reception where students will perform their short stories
Programme may be subject to change.
- Understand the fundamentals of short story writing: the writer’s voice, character development, structure, redrafting, and receiving and giving feedback.
- Obtain the ability to generate, execute and conceptualise a unique short story, drawing on the tried processes and techniques of experienced writers.
- Acquire an understanding of the creative process as a medium for developing critical as well as intuitive thinking and problem-solving.
- Appreciate the literary, cultural, and historical contexts within which writers write, including the influence of past and present writers and writing.
- Comprehend the significance of contextualising your own and others’ narrative work in literary, social, and cultural terms.
- Gain confidence in engaging critically and creatively with others, whether peers or established practitioners.