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POP UP WRITING GROUP

A two hour creative writing group to get you in the mood for writing in 2023 – Venue: Central Bath  Date: Thursday 26th January 2023 – Time: 10.30-12.30 pm  Cost: £26    SORRY SOLD OUT

This pop-up workshop is suitable for beginners and experienced writers who would like a creative nudge. We will do lots of creative writing exercises with prompts and some focus on writing characters.

Please email if you want to book a place, no refunds but you can send a friend instead. Numbers very limited. Fun, sociable and a kick start to a new year of writing.  Alex and Mary Griese ( guest writer) look forward to meeting you.

 

CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP with ALEX AND MARY – ONE PLACE AVAILABLE DUE TO CANCELLATION.. PLEASE EMAIL ASAP. THURSDAY 21ST October 10.15am-12.15pm New Venue: Conscious Cafe, Bath cost: £20 sold out we may put on a couple more in early November so please register your interest by email. Same venue.

This two-hour workshop aims to get your writing flowing with hands-on exercises and prompts. Suitable for beginners and experienced writers, Alex and Mary hope to inspire you with some fresh ideas and get your pen moving across the paper. We hope to put on more workshops in November, but are dipping our toe in the water, or our pen in the ink. Conscious Cafe serves organic, ethically sourced food and drink and writers will get a 10% discount. Our room is upstairs, windows will be open (so bring something warm) and numbers are very limited. If you want to come, please email me and include your own email address if you do via website, and i will send you bank transfer details. Please note, as is our usual policy we do not give refunds, but you are welcome to give your place to a friend. We hope that you have been vaccinated, or are regularly testing. Covid is not going away and our philosophy is to simply take care, but get back to real life and meet like-minded people.

CONSCIOUS CAFE VENUE
Conscious Cafe http://www.consciouscafebar.co.uk check out the delicious menu and their ethos. If you haven’t read Mary’s book, Where Crows would die, take a look at my video interview on this website.

4 MEMOIR WRITING WORKSHOPS – cancelled but will be held at a later date.

Im afraid this workshop is cancelled but I may do another workshop on the same theme later in the year, or next year – Please email if you would like to be on a list of interested people.

Meanwhile, Mary Griese, a favourite workshop leader, has had her first novel published by Y Lolfa and my conversation with her on video is below, so please scroll down, and get the book! It’s dark (Welsh Noir) beautifully written and a good read.

These workshops with Alex and her guest authors, are for anyone interested in writing a memoir, or wants to in use their own life as material in a novel or short stories. If you are writing fiction, the exercises will give you plenty of material for those telling details that bring a work alive.

We will do writing exercises to trigger memories, and look at examples of different types of memoir.

Just as in a novel we enjoy a beginning, middle and end, a memoir needs a structure. We will look at the different structures you can adopt to help shape your narrative and help you plan your project. Lots of hands-on creative writing exercises to get you going, or keep you going. Beginners and experienced writers very welcome.

4 writing workshops with Alex and guest authors in Bath Library – booking open now

SOLD OUT please email in case anyone drops out if you want to come and make sure you are on my email list to be amongst the first to hear.

. £74. NO REFUNDS BUT YOU ARE WELCOME TO SEND A FRIEND.

The focus is on getting you writing and keeping you writing with prompts for creative writing exercises, but also on writing challenges such as dialogue, flash fiction, dealing with your inner critic, etc. Beginners and experienced writers welcome.

Guest authors are Mary Griese, Andrea Harwood, Jude Higgins and Rachel Ward (but not necessarily in that order!)

Thursdays 10.30-12.30pm November 7th, 14th, 21st and 28th £74 for the four sessions (no refunds but you are welcome to send a friend in your place)

Whether you are writing short stories, a novel, a memoir or simply enjoy writing, these workshops aim to inspire and motivate. Beginners and experienced writers welcome. Come and meet other writers – we look forward to meeting you.