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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'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
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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