exercises
NWC May Meeting at the Nottingham Mechanics
The Nottingham Mechanics Institute 3 North Sherwood Street, NottinghamFor our May meeting at the Nottingham Mechanics we'll be following our newly introduced format. From 1 pm members and visitors can get-together in our meeting room to read out work, talk about writing issues and generally get to know your fellow writers. Alternatively, buy your lunch and a drink down on the ground floor […]
June: Friday at the Nottingham Mechanics
The Nottingham Mechanics Institute 3 North Sherwood Street, NottinghamIt's our June fourth Friday at the Nottingham Mechanics from 1 pm onward. For the first 75 minutes there's time for reading your work for feedback, catching up with other writers, and sharing your news. Then, from 2.30 pm we focus on a specific writing topic, from those requested by members earlier in the year. […]
Second-Saturday Meeting at The Playwright
The Playwright 38 Shakespeare Street, Nottingham, United KingdomJoin us for July second Saturday meeting at The Playwright pub. All are welcome to our informal and varied afternoon session, where you can meet and chat with friendly, welcoming writers. The writing challenge for this month is to write a story around 800 words, and combining the themes of the paranormal and artificial intelligence […]
Second Saturday in September
The Playwright 38 Shakespeare Street, Nottingham, United KingdomOur September second Saturday meeting at The Playwright, and this is the first of our autumn meetings. The Saturday meetings allows time to chat, write, and if you've done the fun homework- read it out, or not. Arrive at 12.30 to get lunch, a drink, and chat with other early arrivals. Then from 1.30 pm […]
Fourth Friday at The Mechanics
The Nottingham Mechanics Institute 3 North Sherwood Street, NottinghamIt's time for our fourth Friday meeting at the Nottingham Mechanics. We meet in the Boardroom on the first floor. During the first half, 1 pm to 2.30 pm, there's an opportunity to read your work for constructive feedback, ask questions, and chat to other writers. Alternatively, you can buy lunch and a drink in […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
Second Saturday Meeting…
The Playwright 38 Shakespeare Street, Nottingham, United KingdomOur April second Saturday meeting at The Playwright, is focusing on the theme of disguise/disguises. We're a mixed age, and ability, group of writers- both NWC members and non-members. From 12.30-1.30 pm, there's time to eat, chat, and get to know other writers. Then, 1.30 we move onto listening to the poetry and prose written […]
Beginnings and Endings…
The Nottingham Mechanics Institute 3 North Sherwood Street, NottinghamJoin us for our beginnings and endings focus topic at this month's meeting at the Nottingham Mechanics. From 1 pm we'll have our regular session, constructive feedback on your writing. Then, from 2.30 pm onward, the focus topic is starting your stories, and ending them. We're also making time for writing problems- if you have […]