Prompt from Alex: These are amulets from World War 1. The difference between a charm and an amulet is that a charm is worn to attract good luck and an amulet provides protection from danger.
Have you ever had a charm or an amulet? Write a short story about either.
We have several events this Autumn open for booking . 3 places remaining on our 4 week creative writing group in September, 5 places left on ‘Art as inspiration in October and 10 on Building your writing CV‘ in November.
A creative writing workshop with Alex and Jude in the Pavilion room at Hall and Woodhouse in Bath
10.30 – 12.30, Tuesday 3rd October 5 places left
Cost: £28 (Booking here via paypal or any card)
Maximum 12 people
Paintings have always inspired writers. The Girl with the Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier is one example. The author saw the painting by Johannes Vermeer when she was nineteen years old. ‘The Goldfinch’, by Donna Tartt is another celebrated novel inspired by Carel Fabritius’s painting of the same name. ‘In Sunlight or in Shadow’ is a collection of seventeen short stories inspired by the paintings of Edward Hopper,by well known authors including Stephen King, Joyce Carole Oates and Robert Olen Butler.
In this workshop we will use paintings as prompts, not only to spark ideas for fiction, but to encourage us to look more deeply into works of art. Come prepared to try out writing the beginnings of a short story, or to get an idea for a novel. Suitable for both beginners and experienced writers.
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3 places left on our autumn writing series of 4 weekly sessions at Brown’s Bistro Bath. Book here
This week’s prompt by Jude.
Write an updated version of the story about the tortoise and the hare. Use people instead of animals. Write your first draft fast, edit slowly.
Want to come to our writing sessions? We’ve three new writing events for the autumn open for booking now. Fun and friendly. Beginner and experienced writers welcome.
Getting short fiction published in literary and commercial magazines, and winning or being placed or listed in competitions are good ways to build your writing CV and become visible as a writer. In the first half of the session, Jude and Alex will offer suggestions about different writing opportunities and an exercise on how to make sure your short stories are ready for submission.
In the second half, local award winning writer, Joanna Campbell, will talk about her route to publication in several different genres and answer questions.
Tuesday November 7th in the Pavilion room at Hall and Woodhouse Bath.
10.30 – 12.30 pm
Cost: £28 payable by paypal or any card below
Joanna Campbell’s stories have appeared in numerous competition anthologies and literary magazines. In 2015, Brick Lane Publishing released her debut novel, Tying Down The Lion, and she also became the winner of The London Short Story Prize. In 2016, her solo short story collection, When Planets Slip Their Tracks, was published in hardback by Ink Tears. It was subsequently short-listed for The Rubery International Book Award and was long-listed for The Edge Hill Short Story Prize. Her novella-in-flash, A Safer Way to Fall was a runner-up in the Bath Flash Fiction Award inaugural novella–in-flash contest and is published in the collection of the three winners, How to Make a Window Snake. See her work on joanna-campbell.com and tweet her @PygmyProse.
Jude’s short-short fictions have won or been placed and listed in many different competitions and she is published in National Flash Fiction Day anthologies, the Fish Prize Anthology, Cinnamon Press, Flash Frontier, Great Jones Street, The Blue Fifth Review, The Nottingham Review, Severine and Halo literary magazines among other places. Her debut flash fiction pamphlet, The Chemist’s House has recently been published by V Press. She’s a champion of short story competitions as a way of supporting writers and runs Bath Flash Fiction Award and co-runs Bath Short Story Award.
Alex’s short stories have won prizes in several competitions including first prize in the 2009 Frome International Short story competition. Six of her prize winning stories are in her online collection ‘Holding On’. Other stories are published in the anthologies : The Amazing True Adventures of Totally Normal People and ‘Tales of Psychotherapy’ Her short stories have also been published in commercial magazines. Currently, her story ‘Rain’ is in the latest issue of In the Moment and another story is forthcoming in the same magazine later this year.
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if you want to join our four week block of creative writing sessions beginning in September, you can book here. 6 places left.