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City Lit: Craft focus: grammar, syntax, and style for creative writers with Lawrence Bradby
Fri 14 Jan 2022 to Fri 25 Mar 2022
Great poetry and prose begin when the writer puts the right words in the right places. Learn how and why the rules and conventions of language matter in this new course, which combines creative writing with opportunities to learn/revise essential points of grammar and useful literary concepts.
Suitable for beginning writers looking to build confidence, and those with more experience who would like to practise these essential skills.
This course will focus on the technical elements of the writer’s craft, how they can support meaning or aesthetic effect, and how a better awareness of them can improve your own literary style.
You will be encouraged to reflect on how you write and how your language and style can be improved at the level of techne or craft. You should be prepared for technical discussion of rules, conventions and common errors in the first few weeks – and exercises which challenge their linguistic ingenuity. You will then use your knowledge to analyse passages from certain authors and identify their distinctive stylistic effects. You will also be encouraged to develop your own style through creative exercises and assignments.
Lawrence Bradby is a writer and teacher. He has worked as a Writing Tutor with the Centre for Continuing Education (University of East Anglia), as Learning Programme Manager for the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Art, and as a Programme Coordinator for mental well-being charity Inside Out. He has published three poetry pamphlets with Sideline Publications.
Dates: 14 January - 25 March 2022, 18:00 - 19:30 (11 sessions)
Location: Online (Live)
Cost: £179 / Concs £72
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Additional Information:
Location:
Online
Region(s):
UK
Price:
£179 / Concs £72
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