Write, daydream – and make the world a better place
Write, daydream – and make the world a better place
What we do – you and I – is not a luxury. No matter what state the world is in, don’t cut back on your creative work. It’s essential for your health, physical, emotional and spiritual.
And it’s important for the world beyond us. It’s been proven that those who use their creative selves have more empathy and are better able to deal with their communities around them.
So, here’s to the end of a year that’s been more than a little shaky, globally, and let’s look forward to a better 2019. We may not be able to influence the whole world, but we can make it a better place one person at a time.
So don’t feel guilty about the time you spend writing, or thinking and day-dreaming. It’s good for you and it’s good for society. We truly believe that. It’s why we exist.
Here’s how we can help you make 2019 a creative year. We would like to unveil our dates for next year. Whatever you need, we’ll be there to make it easier, to walk beside you and help you on your creative path.
2019 dates
Here are our dates for 2019 – the twelfth year we’ve invited writers, from novices to masters, to join us on this exhilarating ride of creative discovery.
Every one of our courses gives participants hard skills, challenges them with searching assignments and provides them with detailed and useful feedback. From every one of our courses, writers emerge with greater self-confidence, inspired to write their stories with greater fluency and skill.
- Power of Writingintroductory creative writing course: Anytime from 7 January
- Cape Town Creative Saturdays: 2 February, 6 April, 1 June, 3 August, 5 October, and 7 December.
- Online Creative Writing Course: 11 February
- Johannesburgand Cape TownCreative Writing Course: 11 February
- Our two coaching programmes: Anytime from 7 January
Writing for film and television:
- Screenwriting CrashCourse: 11 February
- Kickstart your Screenplay Course: Anytime from 7 January
Other writing adventures:
- Mentoring and book reports: Contact us to make arrangements
- Literary assessments:Whenever you need them
Writing retreats and weekends:
- Venice Writing Retreat:28 August to 4 September and/or 5 to 12 September.
- Stow-on-the-Wold Writing Weekend: Dates TBC
Discover them all, and choose the one best suited to you, here.
Community News
Trish and Richard spent just short of two weeks running a bookshop – The Open Book – in Wigtown, Scotland’s official Booktown. Here’s what Richard has to say:
October/November Writing Challenge winners
There were loads of entries for the October-November writing challenge. What separated the winners and the runners up from the others was really that issue of complexity. You can read the winning entries on our blog.
Two writing challenges for the fictive season
To celebrate this festive season, we’re offering two challenges – and two prizes.
The first, the Wigtown Writing Challenge, requires that you whip out your pens at once and engage your imaginations, and offers a free writing course from us as a prize.
The second, our December/January writing challenge, asks for a slightly more leisurely approach, and you could win a literary assessment from us. Both should test your writerly skills and imagination.
Happy writing,
Jo-Anne
