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NWC February Fourth-Friday at The Mechanics
The Nottingham Mechanics Institute 3 North Sherwood Street, NottinghamJoin us for the NWC February fourth-Friday meeting at the Nottingham Mechanics. They're on North Sherwood Street in the city centre.
NWC Second-Saturday at The Playwright…
The Playwright 38 Shakespeare Street, Nottingham, United Kingdom
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]