We 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 writing ghosts- and they don’t have to always be scary…
Join 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 you.
Arrive early for food and chat between midday and 1.30 pm. Then from 1.30 onward it’s your work, feedback, and any writing questions or problems.
We’re a mix of ages and writing abilities; from newer writers all the way through to published.
Find us in one of the events rooms.
Any questions? You can always use our contact form, and we’ll answer as soon as we can.
See you there…
Join 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 them.
If you can’t be there for the 1 pm start, arrive when you can. Or join us for 2.30.
This meeting has a small charge for all attendees, whether a visitor or NWC member. (Sorry, we can’t accept card payments.)
Annual membership is always available. Please use our contact form to request up to date details, or if you have any questions about our meetings.
Come 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 is parties. It can be a poem, or a piece of prose, a story up to 800 words. If you don’t want to read it out yourself, we’ll read it for you. Or write it for your own enjoyment. We don’t mind.
There’s time for lunch and chat between 12.30 and 1.30 pm. From then on it’s hearing your creativity. After that, it’s flexible.
Interested in Nottingham Writers’ Club membership? Then use our contact form to find out more and request a membership form…
Our 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 around this months homework; the theme of disguise/disguises. Any style, any genre, or none. There’s no compulsion to do the homework or read it out.
After the readings, the session becomes flexible. Want constructive feedback on an excerpt of your writing? Then this is your opportunity.
Arrive at the time that fits your needs, and leave as late or as early as you need.
Want to find out more about NWC membership? Then get in touch via our contact form, and we’ll get back to you as soon as we can.
Join 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 take time to chat.
Alternatively, you might prefer to stop for lunch in the ground floor restaurant. Good food, and great value.
Then, from 2.30 onward, we’ll focus on the 7 Basic Plots in our mini-workshop. So bring something to write on, or with, because they’ll be a practical aspect too.
There is a charge for this meeting: NWC members £3, visitors £5. Membership is available at any time of the year.
Need further info? Then please us our contact form .
Our 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 have time for dinner and chat, before we officially start at 1.30 pm hearing the stories and poems written on this month’s theme.
Then the rest of the meeting is flexible. Our second Saturday meetings are informal, and non-members are welcome.
We’re building a writing community; so whether you’re a new writer, unpublished, or published, come and join us.
Any questions, get in touch via our contact form.
Join 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 the first turning point, then midway, and if we have time this month, the second turning point and conclusion.
We’ll also be looking at ways to increase tension and conflict too.
Part one, from 1-2.15pm there’s time for manuscript feedback, chatting with other writers, and asking your writing questions. Part two from 2.30 onward is the mini workshop session until 4.30 pm, with a short break around 3.30.
The Mechanics restaurant is open to buy lunch until 2 pm, so if you only want to attend the workshop, relax over a good value lunch or snack, before joining us for part two.
This meeting has a small charge. NWC members £3; visitors £5.
Any questions? Please use the contact form to get in touch.
Join 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.
Arrive early (12.30), have lunch, chat, and get to know other in our writing community, and then from 1.30 onward it’s the challenge. Have a piece of writing you want to get comments on, or a writing question you want to talk about? Then there’s time for this in the remainder of the session.
Not only is this meeting flexible, but it’s free. We want writers to join in with our writing community, sharing the highs and lows, and experiences.
We’re a friendly group of writers, all of mixed abilities (from new to published) and a wide age range.
If you decide you’re interested in membership, then please get in touch via our contact form for up to date details (our website will shortly be having a big overhaul).
WEATHER: we are not expecting snow to effect the city centre on Saturday, but should that change we’ll put up messages on our Facebook page or tweet over on X.
