Description:
This course requires a pre-course informal interview. Please call 0161 253 5772 to arrange an appointment.
Undertaking a creative activity and learning a new skill can help improve our mental health, wellbeing and help us to relax. This creative course aims to give you the outlet to be able to express your thoughts and emotions and develop your writing skills to release your creative potential.
During this course, you will be introduced to mindful journaling and a variety of literary devices to help you to develop your writing skills for short story, poetry and factual writing purely for enjoyment and wellbeing. Through practice of mindfulness, you will develop your awareness to promote your creative writing through a variety of writing exercises and produce a portfolio of written work you will be proud of. You will be encouraged to write each week with your tutor providing you with writing prompts and inspiration. Come along for a fun afternoon, learning new techniques, and creating inspirational pieces that you will be proud to share with the rest of the group.
By the end of the course, I will be able to:
Explore how different methods of journaling can help to develop daily goals and reflection
Explore mindfulness to nurture the concept of 'free writing' as an introduction to beginning to write creatively
Produce a portfolio of work I will be proud of
Develop awareness of how creative writing can help to promote calm and be a coping mechanism when experiencing low mood, stress and anxiety.