Creative Writing Workshop
	Damien Lennon

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Presentation
By it's very nature, writing is an aesthetic form of communication. The act of writing in a creative sense, however is not merely an effort to communicate, it is also a process of composition and formulation of thought. Despite our obsession with technique in today's world, our ability to conceive depends directly on our imagination. While imagination is not a result of craft, craft is a result of imagination. To be creative is not a technique, but to express creativity originally can be a technique. For the writer, these elements are inseparable, as W.B Yeats put it, how can we "tell the dancer from the dance?" The truth of course is that the dancer and the dance are one. The aim of this workshop is to help students to unify both craft and imagination to make a harmonious, engaging tool of expression which includes aesthetic and innovation, allowing them to develop a refined and exciting form of expression of their very own.

Teaching objectives
To familiarise students with techniques of decoding literature. To refine their writing and imaginative skills. To help the students develop self-confidence in written expression through creative media.

Course content
A selection of: Poetry Short stories Extracts from plays Extracts from novels Extracts from newspapers and magazines.

Teaching methods
The students will be introduced to a series of texts during the course which they will dissect, analyse and treat. They will be required to write various types of creative texts on given subjects in class with the aid of their teacher, and will subsequently present them in oral and written form. These students’ texts will in turn be dissected and analysed by the rest of the class.

Individual work
A series of short creative texts to be written.

Evaluation
Evaluation will be based on the written and oral contributions of the students.

Recommended Level :
This course is designed for students who need to practise their communication skills.

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last updated February, 2003

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