UW103
Creative Writing, Storytelling, and Creative Performing
Faculty
Katlin Kaldmaa
Writer, Publisher, President, PEN Estonia
Course length
Duration
Total hours
Credits
Language
Course type
Fee for single course
Fee for degree students
Skills you’ll learn
Overview
Creativity is the engine of the 21st century.
The contemporary world is full of ideas, concepts, products, and people trying to find their way through this complex maze. Every start-up has to have not only the initial idea and the (future) product, but first of all the story to tell both to the potential investors as well as users, now and future, which brings us to the necessity of creativity and storytelling. Whatever it is you do, you have to have a story. Therefore, the first aim of the course is to study the art of telling stories, and build your own story, word by word.
Another intent of the course is bringing together people of different backgrounds and knowledge, in order to engage and unite them in working towards a common goal in a new way – through writing a piece of fiction and performing it. We will engage in getting to know the connections between the body and the voice in order to find the centrepoint and trust in oneself.
Uniting those two fields – writing and performance – gives students the possibility to try out their own abilities in a safe environment as well as cooperate with other students, bringing in new viewpoints and experiences. This is one of the best ways of establishing teams that have innovation at their core.
Learning highlights
- Learn how to approach their own creativity.
- Learn how to achieve their ambitions in expressing themselves according to their goals.
- Learn how to interact and cooperate with fellow creators in a respectful and mutually inspirational manner.
- Use different voice registers.
- Use body as a part of the conveyed message.
- Unite the message, voice and body.
Course outline
15 classes
Session 1
Introduction to creative writing and each other, reading examples, discussion
Session 2
Discussing works chosen by students, assignment
Session 3
Exercises in creative writing, analysing, discussing
Session 4
Exercises in creative writing, analysing, discussing
Session 5
Creating your own story
Session 6
Voice training session one, introduction
Session 7
Voice training session two, working with a text, individual assignments
Session 8
Voice training session three, working with a text (in two languages)
Session 9
Voice training session four, beginning with the cooperation
Session 10
Voice training session five, establishing working groups
Session 11
Introducing ways of cooperation, group exercises
Session 12
Exploring ways of cooperation, group exercises, attention on the writing
Session 13
Analysing and discussing the writing process
Session 14
Uniting written word with spoken one
Session 15
Final session, preferably open performance by students
Prerequisites
Advanced Level of English (+ willingness to interact with other students).
Methodology
Lectures, Individual assignments, Teamwork, Final project.
Grading
Awards
- Friedebert Tuglas short story award. 2012
Kätlin Kaldmaa is an Estonian poet, writer, translator and literary critic. Currently, she is the President of Estonian PEN and served as the International Secretary of PEN International (2016-2022) and Publisher at the Publishing house Wolf. She was also the Founder/Editor-in-Chief Estonian first book magazine “Lugu” (“Story”) (2010-2016). In 2025 she established a Women’s Literature Prize in Estonia which is only the fourth Women’s Prize in Europe and the biggest ever literature prize in Estonia.
She studied English Language and Culture in Tallinn University, Semiotics and Anglistics in Estonian Institute of Humanities, Estonian and Finno-Ugric Linguistics in Tartu University.
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Creative Writing, Storytelling, and Creative Performing
by Katlin Kaldmaa
Total hours
45 Hours
Dates
Oct 20 - Nov 07, 2025
Fee for single course
€1500
Fee for degree students
€750
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FAQ
Will I receive a certificate after completion?
Yes. Upon completion of the course, you will receive a certificate signed by the director of the program your course belonged to.
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Can I get a discount?
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