Read & Write Night – Behind the Door…
The Nottingham Mechanics Institute 3 North Sherwood Street, NottinghamJoin us for our April Read & Write Night where our exercise topic and discussion is Description- Behind the Door. Whether you are a prose, poetry or non-fiction writer description is an important part of your readers enjoyment and understanding; but too much description can be off-putting. So our exercise this session is to go […]
May Speaker Meeting – C.J Tudor
The Nottingham Mechanics Institute 3 North Sherwood Street, NottinghamWe're delighted to welcome our guest speaker this month, local author C.J Tudor. Her debut novel, The Chalk Man, published by Penguin in January this year, has garnered lots of attention, especially since Stephen King tweeted 'If you like my stuff, you'll like this'. The book has been described as 'creepy' and 'a thriller'. So […]
May Read & Write Night…
The Nottingham Mechanics Institute 3 North Sherwood Street, NottinghamFor our Read & Write night this month we're focusing on backstory, including visual prompts to get everyone thinking and writing. The aim of the writing session is to identify when the backstory ends and the story really starts... Each writer can work at their own pace, whatever their level of ability. There will also […]
June Guest Speaker: Sam Maxfield…
The Nottingham Mechanics Institute 3 North Sherwood Street, NottinghamOur guest speaker this month is Sam Maxfield, author of six novels including her latest, Must be Mapton, the third in her humorous Mapton-on-Sea series. Taking a comical view of life as a writer, Sam will talk about her Mapton series; and then provide tips on how to cope with the ups and downs of a writer's life- […]
June Read & Write Night…
The Nottingham Mechanics Institute 3 North Sherwood Street, NottinghamAs the June Read & Write night date also happens to be #National Writing Day we'll be joining in at Wednesday's session. We have a dialogue exercise, as we've had a number of requests to revisit the topic- so our aim is to write the first draft of a 'dialogue only' story. Writing Magazine also run […]
Guest Speaker: July
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July Read & Write Night…
The Nottingham Mechanics Institute 3 North Sherwood Street, NottinghamFor our last summer Read and Write night of this year we have a couple of simple writing exercises, with time to listen to what results from your pens and keyboards. When you have a writing problem it's good to share with other writers who can not only sympathise but provide helpful suggestions, so we'll […]
Summer Social…
The Nottingham Mechanics Institute 3 North Sherwood Street, NottinghamWe only have one meeting in August and that's our Summer Social event. This is an opportunity for members to get together, to chat and catch-up on all the fun things in writers' lives. Regular meetings resume in September.
Guest Speaker: September- Stephen Booth
The Nottingham Mechanics Institute 3 North Sherwood Street, NottinghamWe're now into our autumn programme and September is going to be a fabulous month, starting with our guest speaker, local author Stephen Booth whose Cooper & Fry novels mix crime and mystery in the atmospheric Derbyshire Peak District. Stephen has been a welcome guest at NWC in the past, so we're delighted he can join […]