Participant writers will have the opportunity to virtually liaise with other writers, building a community whilst also working on whichever project they choose. Throughout the course of five sessions, they will have the chance to learn new techniques, complete short exercises and longer exercises that focus on their projects, exchange ideas and share work.
What will you do in the workshop?
Each workshop will be themed, with each session focusing on a particular aspect of writing. The theme for this workshop is: Characterisation and Dialogue, and it will feature guest writer Ashley Hickson-Lovelace.
Participants should be prepared to test, experiment, play, either developing something they are working on or start something entirely new with the aim of making progress over the duration of the course.
What can participants expect?
Warm up writing exercises; lively guided writing tasks and exploration of a wide range of literary extracts which will serves as a springboard for our own work; tips about how to overcome those difficult moments within the writing process. The exercises will be designed to fit alongside the themes of the course, and help participants gain insight and knowledge on a particular aspect of writing. In the final session, writers will have the option to share their work, if they so wish.
Who is the opportunity for?
This course is open to all; however, it would particularly benefit writers at an early stage of their writing journey, or those who are at the beginning of a writing project – whether, poetry, fiction, or non-fiction, all are welcome. It would also benefit writers who would like to have some engagement and find a place discuss writing issues and ideas, in light of the isolation caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.
What do you need to take part?
You will need a device with a webcam and microphone and the Zoom app installed. Please visit https://zoom.us/ to download it. We will also email you instructions to get you started. During the session you will also need a notepad and pen.
This workshop series is free to you as part of Spread The Word's create-write-connect fundraising campaign.
If you do have the means to pay, they ask that you make a charitable donation to Spread the Word so that they can continue to offer free accessible programmes for under-represented writers. Any donation you make, will go towards their work and the invaluable work of the Trussell Trust.
