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For a course to commence, it is necessary to enrol a minimum number of participants. The disabled, registered unemployed and OAPs, may be entitled to a 25% reduction in tuition fees in certain viable courses if evidence to support...

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For a course to commence, it is necessary to enrol a minimum number of participants. The disabled, registered unemployed and OAPs, may be entitled to a 25% reduction in tuition fees in certain viable courses if evidence to support that claim is presented at time of enrolment. This documentation must show your current status, home address & PPS number. A social welfare card is not acceptable, as it does not indicate current status. Refunds will not be made on evidence produced post-enrolment. Please note that a maximum of four places will be offered at the reduced rate per viable course. Concessions are not available on all courses.

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Viable Course: For a course to commence, it is necessary to enrol a minimum number of participants. If this number is not reached, the course will be cancelled. If you have paid for a course which is subsequently cancelled, you wi...

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Viable Course: For a course to commence, it is necessary to enrol a minimum number of participants. If this number is not reached, the course will be cancelled. If you have paid for a course which is subsequently cancelled, you will be notified and a full fee refund will be processed automatically. All other courses must remain viable and be self-financing: therefore NO REFUNDS, under any circumstances, are available once a course has commenced. A participant will not be permitted to commence a course/module unless the course/module has been paid for in full by the learner prior to commencement.

Course Deferral: Once a course commences, participants may not defer their place on that course to another term.

Transfers Policy: If a participant wishes to transfer to a different course within the same term, a request should be sent in writing to Director of Adult Education, GTI, Fr. Griffin Road, Galway.

Assignments/Projects: Dates for submission of coursework will be provided by the tutor at the beginning of the course. Coursework will not be returned to the participant once submitted for assessment. Therefore, it is advised that a hard copy of all coursework submitted should be retained by the student.

Self-directed learning: It is the responsibility of the participants to inform themselves as to course content, duration, etc.

Change of Address: The college needs to be informed of any changes of address so as to ensure the prompt delivery of all correspondence.

Smoking: Smoking is strictly prohibited in any part of the premises.

Student Property: Responsibility cannot be accepted for loss or damage to the property of participants.

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Expand+Course Overview:
This course is for those interested in any type of creative writing, short stories, novels, memoir or poetry.

Being an Intermediate class, it is most suitable for those who have participated in creative writing classes before or ...

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This course is for those interested in any type of creative writing, short stories, novels, memoir or poetry.

Being an Intermediate class, it is most suitable for those who have participated in creative writing classes before or begun to think about publishing individual stories or poems in magazines, or entering their work in writing competitions. We will look at basic issues such as how to get started; how to generate ideas, discovering and honing our own unique voice. Exercises will help us to learn about character development, use of figures of speech dialogue, and so on.

Students will share their work with the class and receive constructive feedback in an atmosphere of mutual support and interest.

The first part of each class is devoted to instruction.

In the second part, students read their homework assignments aloud and receive feedback from the instructor and the class.

An atmosphere of trust and mutual encouragement is built during these workshop sessions. Over the eight weeks the tutor will lead participants through the following aspects of Creative Writing:

•Techniques for forming ideas and getting started.
•How to create characters
•The importance of sound in poetry
•Engaging the reader's five senses
•Stream of consciousness writing Using figures of speech
•Learning through imitating published writers
•How to edit and present your writing