October Saturday and Get Spooky…
The Playwright 38 Shakespeare Street, Nottingham, United KingdomJoin us for our October second Saturday where we get spooky. This month, the writing challenge is to create a creepy story of around 800 words- or less. And an extra challenge is to include the word 'creepy' somewhere within the text. We're at our regular second-Saturday venue, The Playwright, in the events room, from […]
November Saturday Meeting- Competitions
The Playwright 38 Shakespeare Street, Nottingham, United KingdomOur November second Saturday meeting is competition time. Last year we revived our annual Verse of the Year, and Manuscript of the Year competitions. While only NWC members can enter, we welcome visitors to join in judging the winner. This year's theme is 'Lost' and it's clear there will be a number of interpretations for […]
Christmas Second Saturday Meeting…
The Playwright 38 Shakespeare Street, Nottingham, United KingdomJoin us for our Christmas second Saturday meeting at our regular venue, The Playwright. This is our last meeting for 2023. We'll be celebrating the yuletide season with reading our Christmas stories with a twist, and general fun- chocolate has been mentioned... Wear your Christmassy gear- jumpers especially. Meetings resume January 2024, and we'll let […]
Saturday Writing Community
The Playwright 38 Shakespeare Street, Nottingham, United KingdomWelcome to our Saturday writing community meeting. Our monthly Saturday afternoon at The Playwright returns for 2024, and we hope you'll join us. Arrive early, 12.30 pm, and enjoy time to have lunch and chat, before the meeting begins at 1.30. Last month, the members agreed the writing challenge subject for January will be: Don't […]
Friday Writing
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February- Saturday Session
The Playwright 38 Shakespeare Street, Nottingham, United KingdomJoin us for our February, Saturday session in the poets corner room at The Playwright. This month, the writing challenge theme is Botanical Gardens; a piece of prose up to 800 words, or a poem on the given subject. It's not compulsory to do this to attend, so come along and hear the resulting works. […]
Friday at The Mechanics
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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 […]
Saturday at The Playwright…
The Playwright 38 Shakespeare Street, Nottingham, United KingdomOur Saturday at the Playwright, meeting begins at 12.30 pm and goes on to 4.30, but we're flexible with arrival and departure times. For our March session, the voluntary homework is to write a piece of prose up to 800 words, or a poem- if that's your preference. The theme is, Feud. Arrive early to […]
We’re Meeting at The Mechanics…
The Nottingham Mechanics Institute 3 North Sherwood Street, NottinghamJoin us from 1 pm to 4.30 pm as we're meeting at the Nottingham Mechanics for our regular fourth Friday, in the Boardroom on the first floor (lift available). From 1 pm we'll be giving time to manuscript reading for constructive comments- poetry and prose. You can ask writing questions if you need to, and […]