writing
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 […]
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 […]
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.