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New Year Workshop
The Nottingham Mechanics Institute 3 North Sherwood Street, NottinghamJust to get you back in the writing zone we're starting with our New Year Workshop. Short story writer, Keith Havers will being leading a workshop on inspiration. Without it there would be no stories, so come along and find out how you can turn those light-bulb moments into the makings of a story. Keith […]
Saturday Afternoon Writing – Sam Maxfield…
The Nottingham Mechanics Institute 3 North Sherwood Street, NottinghamOur Saturday Afternoon Writing session returns this month and we're welcoming back our popular guest speaker from earlier this year, Sam Maxfield. Join us for a Saturday afternoon of ‘Creating Character through Dialogue’. Intro and aims of the afternoon. Creating distinct characters through dialogue- using examples and discussion writers will create a two character dialogue where […]
Workshop: Basic Editing…
The Nottingham Mechanics Institute 3 North Sherwood Street, NottinghamTo get everyone back into writing mode for the coming year, we're doing a basic editing mini-workshop. Editing is a big topic and as we only have a set amount of time we're going to focus on raising your awareness, a few common errors and then a practical session. Whether you enter competitions or send […]
January Workshop: Conflict
The Nottingham Mechanics Institute 3 North Sherwood Street, NottinghamWe're starting the New Year with our workshop on conflict; internal and external... There will be writing exercises and discussion as part of the evening, so don't forget to bring paper and a pen. If you're using a digital device, please ensure it's fully charged. This is our first meeting on the ground-floor in the […]
Workshop Your Short-Story-Themed…
The Nottingham Mechanics Institute 3 North Sherwood Street, NottinghamThis month we are holding a workshop. Successful published short-story writer, Keith Havers, will be leading this month's session. Your story can be any length from flash fiction up to 1200 words on the theme enclosed space. Perhaps, you have a suitable story all ready written. If not, put a few ideas down on your […]
Mini Workshop – Story Shapes…
The Nottingham Mechanics Institute 3 North Sherwood Street, NottinghamJoin us for our fourth Friday meeting at the Nottingham Mechanics, where we're continuing our mini workshop focussing on story shapes. In January, we created our protagonist's normal, and moved onto the inciting incident, where the story ramps up. For February we're moving on, as we take our chosen character on their new journey, with […]
Halloween Friday
The Nottingham Mechanics Institute 3 North Sherwood Street, NottinghamWe hope you'll join us for our Halloween fourth Friday session where we'll be writing ghosts. As usual, we'll start the afternoon with our manuscript reading session for constructive comments, before a short break and onto our focus topic session. It's October, and as our meeting takes place just before Halloween, we'll be all about […]