The “Dare 2B Creative” course
comprised a series of up to ten creative
writing workshops for high-school students in Timiş County. The course
aimed to
offer the students the possibility to explore their creativity and
imagination,
as well as to practise and improve their writing skills in English. The
workshops and subsequent events were organised by students and graduates
from
the Creative Writing M.A. at the University of the West Timişoara,
coordinated
by Lecturer Claudia Doroholschi, PhD, and Mihaela Gheorghiţă, working
in close
cooperation with English Inspector Delia Secula from the School
Inspectorate of
Timiş County.
The workshops, focusing on
short-story writing, usually began in early
November and ended by mid-March. They dealt with the basics of fiction
writing,
ranging from character and plot development to the effective use of
various
writing techniques. The tutors were Creative Writing M.A. students or
graduates.
The workshops took place every other Saturday afternoon at the “Carmen
Sylva”
Pedagogic High School in Timişoara. The course was free and welcomed all
high-school
students in the county. In the past we had students not only from
Timişoara, but also from places as far as Lugoj, Buziaş, Deta, Gătaia,
Peciu
Nou and Sānnicolau Mare.
At the end of the course, the
short stories the students write were
registered in a competition judged by Creative Writing M.A. students or
graduates, other than the tutors. Their task was to select not only a
few
winners, but also the most effective stories to be published in a
collection.
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