Give life shape. What we have in front of us is a set with too many characters, more scene changes than feels possible to narrate, yet a tale that needs to be told. Using collected life stories like The Good Immigrant and Common People, we will, through writing prompts, assignments and feedback, find for you solutions. We all have a [read more…]
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Editing and Submitting Your Poetry with Will Harris
In this practical session participants will work with poet, critic, and editor Will Harris on editing poems for publication. You will learn how you can make poetry submissions the very best they can be from the poem itself to your accompanying cover letter. The session will look at how poetry magazine publication works to inform this process and learn tips [read more…]
Online Course: Brief Encounters with Ella Frears
We’ll explore narrative, image, form, metaphor and voice and look at how we contain and control these within the most compact forms. Looking at writers who are brilliantly brief we’ll work and rework our texts, creating strange, beguiling gems that are strong, charged, brave and perfectly formed. Bring on the small packages! What will you do on the course? We’ll [read more…]
Success with novel competitions
Caroline Ambrose, founder of the Bath Novel Award, will talk us through the judging process for the prize. What are her readers looking for in the submissions? What is it that assures your entry of a place on the shortlist? Does genre matter? Are first sentences really that important? Is first person a no-no? And what happens when you win? [read more…]
Masterclasses Narrative Arc and Show not Tell with Susan Elderkin
Show don’t tell Masterclass Yes, you’ve heard it before: show, don’t tell. But if there’s one single way to give your writing more umph, this is it. And the way we’ll go about it, you’ll grasp it like you’ve never grasped it before. Prepare to see your writing rise to a whole new level! This three-hour masterclass on Show Don’t [read more…]
Masterclass with Vanessa Gebbie. Flash Fiction: the tardis of short form fiction
An in-depth look at flash fiction, aimed at any writer who is interested to start or continue an exploration of this sparkling form. You will create many fresh pieces thanks to tried and tested games and exercises – your tutor never asks you to share your writing, so you are unencumbered as you play freely and focus on meeting your [read more…]
Creative Writing for Adults
Join us in this inspiring adventure. What to expect: Enjoy a break in your busy week Expand your imagination connect with your feelings Talk to like-minded people Grow your creative writing toolbox Discover amazing authors and books Understand how a great text works from the inside Read your work and share it in our Facebook group
A Writer’s Toolkit – Creative Writing Workshop
Be inspired to write creatively by poet, novelist and short-story writer. Not suitable for under 16s
Tom George – Mindfulness Writing Workshop
Learn to free your natural creativity at this unique workshop combining writing and mindfulness. Taking inspiration from nature, the senses and an open-ended approach to creativity we will learn to free our inner voice and create without self-judgement. Mindfulness is a practice that comes from Buddhism; it invites us to connect with the present moment and see beauty in the [read more…]
The Art of Creative Journaling with Jill Carter
Join us for an inspirational day exploring THE ART OF CREATIVE JOURNALING with Jill Carter, Multi-Media Artist. Creative Journaling is an open-ended process, which can be expressive, intuitive, practical, poetic and playful! This Artists’ professional development workshop will offer space and time to explore ideas around how to use a journal to document thoughts and ideas in relation to the [read more…]