Join us for a regular meet-up of writers in the coffee shop on the third floor of Waterstones bookshop in Nottingham city centre. We meet on the fourth Friday of each month- even if it’s a five-week month.
Come along for a chat, ask for thoughts on a writing problem or do what writers like doing when they get together, drink tea/coffee or whatever you prefer while you talk writing, books you’ve read or other related topics.
Arrive and leave at your own schedule, even if you only have an hour. You don’t even have to be an NWC member to join in.
Please buy a drink and/or food while you’re using the coffee shop, as it is a business for paying customers…
UPDATE: Apologies, we have cancelled this month’s Friday meet up.
We’ll resume our fourth Friday get-together on October 25th, when the new Waterstones Coffee Shop will be open.
If you are unaware of the reason for this cancellation, please see the information below.
The Costa Coffee shop in Waterstones is undergoing work; When completed it will become a Waterstones Coffee shop.
The current estimate for reopening is the end of September, with the possibility that it may not complete until the first week of October. It has needed additional work that has disrupted the original schedule.
We’re back from our summer break with our new style Read & Write Night which will remain a regular part of our programme alongside: workshops, speakers, annual competitions and Christmas social events.
This month there will be discussion, manuscript reading with constructive comments, as well as a writing exercise for those who want to concentrate on developing their writing skills.
Our aim is to keep the format of the evening flexible so you get the most out of the meetings. This will also give you the opportunity to experience the different elements we offer.
Visitors are welcome, but we hope you’ll like what we offer and take up membership…
Join us for the NWC Manuscript Evening this June’s meeting; this is a mixed evening for both members and visitors.
We have a short writing session as well as manuscript reading with constructive feedback, as well as discussion on writing related topics, flexible for the members and visitors.
The in-depth group (paid full NWC members) takes place at the meeting separate from the main NWC meeting taking place.
If you have NWC paid membership and are interested in the in-depth group please contact us either at meetings or online via our contact form.
For anyone attending the meeting planning to use a laptop/ netbook to write PLEASE ensure you have adequate battery power available. Paper is available.
For our March meeting we’ll be manuscript reading and sharing potential solutions to your writing issues.
It may be you have a particular issue with your story and you just need to talk to other writers who have had similar issues with their work. Or perhaps you just need someone else to ask the key question that could unlock the door to you making progress.
We’ll be keeping the session flexible as the format of the evening is dependent on numbers attending.
Should there be a high number of manuscripts we may have to limit the time available to each person, so please be prepared. If you have a long chapter or lengthy short story it would help if you can identify suitable stopping points in your manuscript- if it should be needed.
Whether it’s a novel, poetry, a short story or a non-fiction topic you’ll be welcome…
New for 2019 we’re combining our annual Verse of the Year and Manuscript of the Year Competitions into one evening.
Whether its poetry or prose (or both) our members have the opportunity to compete for the individual trophies for either or both of these competitions.
Only full members can enter, but anyone attending the meeting may vote for the winning poem and prose.
In both categories members will be given a theme prior to the competition night. Entrants have up to 250 words for the prose and a maximum of 16 lines (in any form) for the poetry.
All entries are submitted under a pseudonym and the audience only discover the winner and runners-up after the votes are counted and the winning titles announced.
Join 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 the topics raised in the time available; this may range from small discussion groups to feedback to the whole room.
We know that you may have more than one writing issue, but please choose one that is the most important to you. Sometimes solving one issue unlocks others…
For 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 to choose from…
With time for reading out for feedback and discussion.
