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SUMMARY:Short Course: Writing Short Stories
DESCRIPTION:A five-week short course on writing short stories\, whilst drawing inspiration and learning from past masters. \nThe short story is a unique literary form\, and one well-suited to current times.\nIf you have ever considered writing short fiction\, are in the middle of writing it\, or have already written several stories\, come and join us on this five-week course. \nWe will take a brief look at the history and variety of the form\, and try and work out quite what makes a great short story. \nWe will read stories old and new\, and find out what makes them tick. We will face the tricky questions raised by beginnings\, middles and ends\, and build characters\, plots and settings. \nWe will try our hands at writing different kinds of stories\, from flash to realist to experimental. We will write what we know\, and also reach into writing what we don’t know\, and want to discover.\nThis course is open to all abilities\, including beginners.
URL:https://daretowrite.org/event/short-course-writing-short-stories/2019-10-01/
LOCATION:Birmingham and Midland Institute\, 9 Margaret Street\, Birmingham\, B3 3BS\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Creative Club / Course/ Workshop
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SUMMARY:Young Presenters at Birmingham Literature Festival
DESCRIPTION:A small group of young people aged 15 to 19 have the opportunity to find out how a Literature Festival works.\nLearn how to:\n– present events\n– speak to authors\, guests and speakers\n– what roles are important in making a Festival successful\n– look at a book in preparation for an author event\n– discuss what questions a good event host might ask an author. You will also be given the chance to introduce an event during Birmingham Literature Festival 2019\, and interview an author on stage if you wish. This short course would suit young lovers of creative writing\, future festival programmers\, event managers\, journalists and the curious. You must be aged 15 to 19 on 6 October 2019. \nThe course will be run by broadcaster and writer Rachel New\, and Jonathan Davidson \, Chief Executive of Writing West Midlands.
URL:https://daretowrite.org/event/young-presenters-at-birmingham-literature-festival/2019-09-28/
LOCATION:Zellig\, Gibb Street\, Birmingham\, B9 4AT\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Creative Club / Course/ Workshop,Festival
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SUMMARY:Two-Day Short Course: Voice: Performing Poetry for an Audience
DESCRIPTION:This two-day workshop is designed for poets who find it challenging to speak their own texts in front of an audience. The first aim of the work will be for you to understand better what is at stake physically and emotionally when you are in front of an audience. You will discuss what you find exciting when you hear poets speak and what happens to you when you speak your poems. You will have a chance to practice speaking in a safe environment. You will learn how your voice works and how to use it in the context of a public reading. You will learn how to connect to your text using imagery and how to stay connected to the audience while speaking. \nYou will gain more confidence and leave the workshop with some tools to help you to consolidate what you will have discovered that is helping you. The workshop is intended for poets published or not\, but you need to have some written work prepared. Come with a few of your poems you want to work with.
URL:https://daretowrite.org/event/two-day-short-course-voice-performing-poetry-for-an-audience/2019-09-28/
LOCATION:Birmingham and Midland Institute\, 9 Margaret Street\, Birmingham\, B3 3BS\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Creative Club / Course/ Workshop
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SUMMARY:One-Day Short Course: Overcoming Writer’s Block
DESCRIPTION:The fear of the blank page\, or the fear of finishing a piece of writing\, strikes writers of all genre\, at any stage of their career. In this practical one-day course\, trainer and writer Gulara Vincent will guide you through your writer’s block\, and show you how you can overcome it for yourself. \nFor most writers\, you are not blocked because you lack inspiration\, but because of your fear of failure\, exposure and success. When you acknowledge and heal those fears\, your writing takes care of itself. \nThrough a series of practical exercises\, in a supportive group of fellow writers\, you will learn to identify what’s preventing you writing\, and how to overcome it. There will be moments of sharing and of personal reflection\, and you can share as much as you feel comfortable with. There will also be a series of writing challenges to help you approach your writing in different ways.\nYou will come away from the one-day short course with tools to help you face the blank page in the future\, and deal with writer’s block if it affects you again. \nSuitable for writers with all levels of experience\, including beginners\, writing in any genre.
URL:https://daretowrite.org/event/one-day-short-course-overcoming-writers-block/
LOCATION:Birmingham and Midland Institute\, 9 Margaret Street\, Birmingham\, B3 3BS\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Creative Club / Course/ Workshop
ORGANIZER;CN="Writing West Midlands":MAILTO:emma@writingwestmidlands.org
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SUMMARY:Short Course: Starting to Write (Prose & Scripts)
DESCRIPTION:A five-week short course on both the creative and the practical aspects of writing novels\, short stories and scripts. You’ll create characters\, plan plots and discuss dialogue as you write from scratch or develop work you’ve already begun. At the same time you’ll learn about what publishers need and why – plus the essentials you need to know for self-publishing. Then you’ll also find out exactly how to juggle your writing alongside all the other commitments in your life: how to get started\, how to keep going and then how to finish.\nThis course is open to all abilities\, particularly those new to writing\, or new to writing prose and scripts. \n 
URL:https://daretowrite.org/event/short-course-starting-to-write-prose-scripts/2019-09-25/
LOCATION:Birmingham and Midland Institute\, 9 Margaret Street\, Birmingham\, B3 3BS\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Creative Club / Course/ Workshop
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SUMMARY:Young Presenters at Birmingham Literature Festival
DESCRIPTION:A small group of young people aged 15 to 19 have the opportunity to find out how a Literature Festival works.\nLearn how to:\n– present events\n– speak to authors\, guests and speakers\n– what roles are important in making a Festival successful\n– look at a book in preparation for an author event\n– discuss what questions a good event host might ask an author. You will also be given the chance to introduce an event during Birmingham Literature Festival 2019\, and interview an author on stage if you wish. This short course would suit young lovers of creative writing\, future festival programmers\, event managers\, journalists and the curious. You must be aged 15 to 19 on 6 October 2019. \nThe course will be run by broadcaster and writer Rachel New\, and Jonathan Davidson \, Chief Executive of Writing West Midlands.
URL:https://daretowrite.org/event/young-presenters-at-birmingham-literature-festival/2019-09-21/
LOCATION:Zellig\, Gibb Street\, Birmingham\, B9 4AT\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Creative Club / Course/ Workshop,Festival
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SUMMARY:Two-Day Short Course: Voice: Performing Poetry for an Audience
DESCRIPTION:This two-day workshop is designed for poets who find it challenging to speak their own texts in front of an audience. The first aim of the work will be for you to understand better what is at stake physically and emotionally when you are in front of an audience. You will discuss what you find exciting when you hear poets speak and what happens to you when you speak your poems. You will have a chance to practice speaking in a safe environment. You will learn how your voice works and how to use it in the context of a public reading. You will learn how to connect to your text using imagery and how to stay connected to the audience while speaking. \nYou will gain more confidence and leave the workshop with some tools to help you to consolidate what you will have discovered that is helping you. The workshop is intended for poets published or not\, but you need to have some written work prepared. Come with a few of your poems you want to work with.
URL:https://daretowrite.org/event/two-day-short-course-voice-performing-poetry-for-an-audience/2019-09-21/
LOCATION:Birmingham and Midland Institute\, 9 Margaret Street\, Birmingham\, B3 3BS\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Creative Club / Course/ Workshop
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SUMMARY:Short Course: Starting to Write (Prose & Scripts)
DESCRIPTION:A five-week short course on both the creative and the practical aspects of writing novels\, short stories and scripts. You’ll create characters\, plan plots and discuss dialogue as you write from scratch or develop work you’ve already begun. At the same time you’ll learn about what publishers need and why – plus the essentials you need to know for self-publishing. Then you’ll also find out exactly how to juggle your writing alongside all the other commitments in your life: how to get started\, how to keep going and then how to finish.\nThis course is open to all abilities\, particularly those new to writing\, or new to writing prose and scripts. \n 
URL:https://daretowrite.org/event/short-course-starting-to-write-prose-scripts/2019-09-18/
LOCATION:Birmingham and Midland Institute\, 9 Margaret Street\, Birmingham\, B3 3BS\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Creative Club / Course/ Workshop
ORGANIZER;CN="Writing West Midlands":MAILTO:emma@writingwestmidlands.org
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SUMMARY:Short Course: Starting to Write (Prose & Scripts)
DESCRIPTION:A five-week short course on both the creative and the practical aspects of writing novels\, short stories and scripts. You’ll create characters\, plan plots and discuss dialogue as you write from scratch or develop work you’ve already begun. At the same time you’ll learn about what publishers need and why – plus the essentials you need to know for self-publishing. Then you’ll also find out exactly how to juggle your writing alongside all the other commitments in your life: how to get started\, how to keep going and then how to finish.\nThis course is open to all abilities\, particularly those new to writing\, or new to writing prose and scripts. \n 
URL:https://daretowrite.org/event/short-course-starting-to-write-prose-scripts/2019-09-11/
LOCATION:Birmingham and Midland Institute\, 9 Margaret Street\, Birmingham\, B3 3BS\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Creative Club / Course/ Workshop
ORGANIZER;CN="Writing West Midlands":MAILTO:emma@writingwestmidlands.org
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SUMMARY:Writing West Midlands Summer School
DESCRIPTION:Are you – or do you know – a young person (school years 7 – 12\, aged 12 – 17) who loves writing or wants to be a writer? \nWe’re running our Spark Young Writers’ Summer School again this July/August\, especially for writers like you. \nCome and join us on Monday 22nd – Friday 26th July for five days of writing\, performing\, playing with words\, meeting other young (and not-so-young) writers and learn to be the writer you want to be. The Spark Summer School is run by poet Liz Berry and poet and writer Paul McDonald. \nWe’ll dabble in lots of different types of writing\, from poetry to radio plays to flash fiction to wordplay\, and we’ll finish the week with a special performance for your friends and family.
URL:https://daretowrite.org/event/writing-west-midlands-summer-school/
LOCATION:MX Building\, University of Wolverhampton\, City Campus\, Wolverhampton\, WV1 1LY
CATEGORIES:Creative Club / Course/ Workshop
ORGANIZER;CN="Writing West Midlands":MAILTO:emma@writingwestmidlands.org
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190722
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190728
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SUMMARY:Spark Young Writers Summer School
DESCRIPTION:Come and join us on Monday 22nd – Friday 26th July for five days of writing\, performing\, playing with words\, meeting other young (and not-so-young) writers and learn to be the writer you want to be. The Spark Summer School is run by poet Liz Berry and poet and writer Paul McDonald. \nWe’ll dabble in lots of different types of writing\, from poetry to radio plays to flash fiction to wordplay\, and we’ll finish the week with a special performance for your friends and family.
URL:https://daretowrite.org/event/spark-young-writers-summer-school/
LOCATION:Humanities Hub\, Faculty of the Arts\, University of Wolverhampton\, Wulfruna Street\, Wolverhampton\, WV1 1LY\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Creative Club / Course/ Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190518T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190518T160000
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SUMMARY:One-Day Short Course: Dark and Speculative Fiction
DESCRIPTION:Explore the darker reaches of the human experience from your notebook or laptop: join us for a one-day workshop which subverts the “normal” and uncovers other worlds\, other realities and alternative stories. \nThe course will explore what dark fiction is\, as well as discussing the best writing and publishing in the genre at the moment. \nYou’ll gain practical information about the genre and the process of writing alternative fiction\, in short or full length fiction form. You’ll be advised on plot\, vocabulary and how to avoid clichés. You’ll also gain valuable advice on what to do with your writing\, and how to submit it for publication.
URL:https://daretowrite.org/event/one-day-short-course-dark-and-speculative-fiction/
CATEGORIES:Creative Club / Course/ Workshop
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