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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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
Meeting at The Playwright…
The Playwright 38 Shakespeare Street, Nottingham, United KingdomCome along to our second Saturday in May meeting at The Playwright Craft Pub, in Nottingham city centre. We're building a writing community, whether you're a new writer, experienced, or somewhere between the two. We believe we all benefit by sharing our knowledge and abilities in a positive friendly group. This month, the homework theme […]
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 […]
Saturday at the Playwright…
The Playwright 38 Shakespeare Street, Nottingham, United KingdomJoin our writing community for our second Saturday at The Playwright in Nottingham city centre. This month, our homework theme is Something Dark... Come along and hear the 800 word prose and poetry it inspired. Or try it for yourself. We're flexible in our arrival and leaving times, so choose the timings that work for […]
Second Saturday
To be confirmedOur second Saturday meeting may be moving venue, so please check our Facebook and X accounts for up to date news.
Halloween Friday
The Nottingham Mechanics Institute 3 North Sherwood Street, NottinghamWe hope you'll join us for our Halloween fourth Friday session where we'll be writing ghosts. As usual, we'll start the afternoon with our manuscript reading session for constructive comments, before a short break and onto our focus topic session. It's October, and as our meeting takes place just before Halloween, we'll be all about […]