writing
Competitions: Do’s and Don’ts
The Nottingham Mechanics Institute 3 North Sherwood Street, NottinghamOur February speaker meeting is Competitions: Do's and Don'ts. There are numerous writing competitions running every year, so how do you avoid scuppering your chance of being in contention when you do enter? NWC Scribe editor Jill Walmsley, and Prose Secretary Carol Bevitt will be giving you a helping hand to get the most out […]
Saturday Afternoon: Romance with Clare Harvey…
The Nottingham Mechanics Institute 3 North Sherwood Street, NottinghamOn Saturday 17th February join us for an afternoon of romance with our guest, local author Clare Harvey. Clare Harvey ©Simon Buck Clare is a former winner of the Romantic Novelists Association's Joan Hessayon Award for New Writers. We're delighted to preview the format for our Saturday afternoon session. Introduction: Brief introduction from Clare, […]
February Read & Write Night…
The Nottingham Mechanics Institute 3 North Sherwood Street, NottinghamMEETING CANCELLED The NWC Committee decided that with the current and predicted weather- snow and freezing temperatures- the February Read & Write night should be cancelled. Please see our calendar for our March meetings.
March Read & Write Night…
The Nottingham Mechanics Institute 3 North Sherwood Street, NottinghamJoin us for our March Read & Write night where we'll be catching up on the writing exercise from February's snow-hit meeting. This month we have lines of dialogue for you to open your story with. Who is speaking and to whom is up to you... If you prefer non-fiction use the opening lines to […]
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.