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Do you want to improve your descriptive writing? This unit will help you to develop your perception of the world about you and enable you to see the familiar things in everyday life in a new light. You will also learn how authors use their own personal histories to form the basis of their work.
After studying this unit you should:
This unit includes reading and writing activities that are geared to developing the use of memory, observation and the senses. The aim is to develop your perceptual abilities, honing your capacity to see detail in the world. You will be encouraged to start seeing the familiar in a new way and to make good use of your own personal history.
This unit is an adapted extract from the Open University course Creative writing (A215). [Tip: hold Ctrl and click a link to open it in a new tab. (Hide tip)]
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I have just completed this module but am struggling to find the reference number of the course so that I may print or keep for my own records.
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I've always wanted to get into writing but working as a full time teacher means that finding the time (and motivation) is always a problem. I looked into the A215 course but really think I'd struggle to commit to it. PLus, with my partner leaving work to pursue his dream of art, funding it wouldn't be all that easy either! I'm really excited at the prospect of these free courses. I plan to sign up in the summer.
Really looking forward to writing for myself and not for exemplars for students. Also looking forward to meeting like-minded people to share ideas with.
Lisa
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Many thanks
I'll be giving this course a whirl in October, and I cannot wait, as I enjoyed these exercises and all of the creative writing work in A150.
me too. did A215 and need a refresher. Needless to say haven't written a word since I finished it. Hope there is a way of sharing and maybe even crit'ing stuff here?
Brilliant. This is what I need as a refresher. I did A215 last year and hope to enrole on A363 to start in October.
This has been exactly what I needed to get me back on track. Thanks for the inspiration. I have written more today than I have in a long time. You have given me just the spark I needed.
Really hoping for some inspiration and maybe others to share ideas with. Hope this is the way to meet you! Rosie
Hi Rosie,
Have you completed this course? Did you enjoy it? I too am hoping to meet other budding writers to share/bounce ideas off etc. Won't be starting til early July though at the earliest.
Lisa
An excellent re-introduction to writing if you haven't written anything but marketing and business jargon for years, (like me). The discussions are gently leading without being patronising and the Activities are worth completing. I feel quite inspired.
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