Why is writing so difficult to get down to at times? In our groups you get the space for your work to breathe, whatever stage it’s at. Writers get inspiration, feedback from other practitioners on problematic areas… and discuss ideas which may still be tentative.
Using our long experience, we put the groups together carefully, to make the most of their potential for peer to peer help. In these writerly environments you find ways forward, bringing your work into existence. Sometimes we just write together. We have successfully mixed screenwriters, playwrights and memoirists with the core of novelists who make up our groups. We look at what stories have in common and, in our longer groups, we invite visiting specialists in these fields. You get the chance to hear other peoples’ work, and when you’re ready, read out your own. You also learn strategies for sustaining momentum and get at least one private block-busting session.
Eight-week groups
Small groups of writers, mostly novelists, serious about finishing a longer piece of work, who get together weekly in Central London (Tottenham Court Road). Next group begins September 2017.
Writing a long piece is arduous, and the momentum is more easily sustained when others commit to you and your work, and encourage you.
There is a taught aspect each week of the course. You learn in-depth about sentences, scenes, plot, pacing and rhythm, among other things. … and each week at least one member of the group reads their latest piece of work. So the combination of accountability and stimulation helps you stay with it.
Workshops
We do one-off workshops at festivals, shows and in places with an interesting feel.
Coaching
Josie offers phone coaching for blocked or stuck writers
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