Inspirations for creative writing
Practical activities and ideas for poets and other writers
Practical activities, prompts and ideas for poets and other writers to overcome writer's block
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Some writers always have things to write about: they never seem to run out of ideas. Others struggle to start new work, sitting around waiting for inspiration to come. It's easy to fall back on the excuse of suffering with writer's block, but experience shows that the Muse likes to find us working, so it's good to have a range of activities you can use when you're not sure what to write next.
Each class in this course provides a different prompt or activity to get the creative process started. How you use these resources will depend on your particular interests and aims as a writer.
There are a wide variety of prompts, some requiring preparation, while others are more spontaneous, encouraging you to work with the materials to hand, either at your desk, or in whatever situation you find yourself.
If you work with other writers as a tutor or workshop leader, you'll be able to use these activities with your students. You'll also see how to build up your own resource set over time so that you always have something to fall back on when inspiration fails.
Many of the classes are accompanied by examples of writing that has resulted from the activity described. Most of these are taken from my own work and, as my own main interest is in poetry, the examples are mostly poems; even so, the course should be of interest to any creative writer who’s looking for inspirational activities.
In this course:
- You will see how to use a selection of prepared prompts and activities that you can fall back on when the Muse fails.
- You will see how the same prompts can be used in different ways, allowing you to try something different with your writing.
- You will have been introduced to techniques that you can use to develop your own prompts and resources.
- You will have access to resources to use to inspire your own writing, or to use with others in writing groups or workshops.
- You will see real-life examples that have been written as a response to these same prompts and activities.
This course is aimed at:
- Poets and other creative writers who are looking for ideas and activities to help them overcome writers’ block and create new work.
- Creative writing tutors who want to widen their arsenal of activities.
- Creative writers who want to kickstart the writing process and overcome writer's block.
Course curriculum
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1Introduction
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2Working with prepared prompts
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3Working with other prompts
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4Some more activities at your desk
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5Out and about
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6The same but different
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7Working with others
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8Conclusion