writing
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 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 […]
July 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 […]
In-House : October – Flash Fiction…
The Nottingham Mechanics Institute 3 North Sherwood Street, NottinghamWe're holding an in-house session on Flash Fiction this meeting. The focus will be on stories under 500 words. What to consider when writing flash fiction. Readings of 200 and 300 word stories as examples. In the latter half of the meeting there'll be a writing exercise with prompts.
October Read & Write Night…Postcard Inspiration
The Nottingham Mechanics Institute 3 North Sherwood Street, NottinghamFor our October Read & Write night we're going to use a selection of postcards to inspire your creativity. Whether you want to write fact or fiction the aim of this session is to get you mining your memories; creating associations and enjoying creating ideas. There will be people, places, street scenes, and colourful settings […]
November Read & Write Night – Christmas…
The Nottingham Mechanics Institute 3 North Sherwood Street, NottinghamOur last Read & Write Night of 2018 has a Christmas connections theme. Whether you celebrate the festive season or not this time of year can be great for inspiration, so join our session this Wednesday to discover more. Regular meetings resume in January 2019 with a mini-workshop...
Workshop: Basic Editing…
The Nottingham Mechanics Institute 3 North Sherwood Street, NottinghamTo get everyone back into writing mode for the coming year, we're doing a basic editing mini-workshop. Editing is a big topic and as we only have a set amount of time we're going to focus on raising your awareness, a few common errors and then a practical session. Whether you enter competitions or send […]
February: What’s Your Writing Problem?
The Nottingham Mechanics Institute 3 North Sherwood Street, NottinghamJoin us for our February meeting where it's all about what's your writing problem? Whatever your writing issue the aim is to help you find a solution or a methods to assist, using the combined knowledge and experience of the writers attending. We're keeping the format of the session flexible so we can work with […]