2018 Verse of the Year Competition…
The Nottingham Mechanics Institute 3 North Sherwood Street, NottinghamMarch is our annual Verse of the Year Competition. Full members have the opportunity to write a poem in any form up to a maximum of 16 lines, and by use of a pseudonym anonymity is maintained. This year our verse theme is Disaster. Readers perform the entries on the night, and then the winner […]
March Read & Write Night…
The Nottingham Mechanics Institute 3 North Sherwood Street, NottinghamJoin us for our March Read & Write night where we'll be catching up on the writing exercise from February's snow-hit meeting. This month we have lines of dialogue for you to open your story with. Who is speaking and to whom is up to you... If you prefer non-fiction use the opening lines to […]
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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
The Nottingham Mechanics Institute 3 North Sherwood Street, NottinghamJuly 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 […]