Life Writing** Course Cancelled - Low Numbers - Please call 01825 761820 for Alternative Courses** (UC12F35C)

Course overview

Explore your own family story, your own experience, or perhaps even that of a famous or notorious relative. Bring along family photos, objects, mementoes, favourite pieces of clothing - anything that will help you tell the story.

Where Belmont Centre, Belmont Road, Uckfield, East Sussex, TN22 1BP.

When Tuesday, 10:00am - 12:00pm from 21st January 2020 until 17th March 2020 for 8 weeks.

18th February 2020 (Half term holiday)

Cost The full fee is £110.00. The concessionary fee is £64.00.

What you already need to know

You do not need any previous knowledge, just a passion for storytelling.

What you will learn

Over eight weeks you will learn how to best to handle storytelling, research, timelines, characters (yes, even real ones) and how to keep finding inspiration from the traces left behind.

The last week will be a presentation week to which family and friends are invited to hear you read and celebrate your story.

How you will learn it

Each week will take the form of a sharing workshop based around one of these themes, using your own pictures or objects as writing prompts.

Bring to the first session

A creative notebook you can use for the whole course, pens, enthusiasm, and a love of stories.

Extra study or practice

You will be set a weekly writing task as homework, which will be an opportunity to receive feedback direct from the tutor.

How to enrol

You can enrol by phoning ACRES' House on 01825 761820 on Monday to Friday between 9:30 am and 4 pm. Alternatively, to register your interest in a course please email adultlearning@acres.org.uk with the course title and your contact details and a member of the team will call you back to enrol you on your chosen course.

Previous students say

I found the teaching and course excellent.

I have thoroughly enjoyed the course I took and will be booking two more

I've developed more confidence in my writing, and continue to be inspired and enthused by these lessons.

Next steps within this subject with ACRES

Future steps beyond ACRES

After a creative writing course at ACRES, students might consider an academic creative writing course (eg Open University) or a residential week (for example with the Arvon foundation) or workshops run by New Writing South.

Further information

For details of ACRES courses, please speak to your tutor, visit the ACRES website at www.acreslearning.org.uk, consult our latest brochure, or alternatively speak to a member of staff at the office in Uckfield on: 01825 761820

For other organisations, please consult their websites:
New Writing South - www.newwritingsouth.com
Arvon - www.arvon.org
The Open University - www.open.ac.uk

Further information will be provided by your tutor.