The year so far, alas, has been one largely of gloom and uncertainty – but you can turn what remains of it into a time of wonders and marvels, simply through the power of your imagination – and your pen (or keyboard)
November 2020
Power of Writing
1 November
The four module introductory creative writing course will help you develop a more creative style by giving you the tools to enhance your writing voice. It will encourage active observational skills and introduce you to the concept of showing rather than telling. Full feedback on all assignments. More information here..
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Travel Blogging and Writing Weekend
7 – 8 November
Join Fred de Vries for a fun weekend honing your travel writing craft by signing up for either the travel writing day or the ‘start your own travel blog’ day or both days. Share ideas and learn with a community of fellow travellers.
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Creative Writing Coaching: Logic of Story
16 November
Before or after work each day, your coach will give you a few fundamental points of writing practice, encourage you to write, provide a prompt to get you going, and give you full personal feedback. This coaching programme focuses on the logic of story: the glue which holds it together.
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Creative Writing Webinar
18 November
This webinar will be specifically and wholly devoted to improving your creative writing skills. You’ll set the agenda: we’ll be responding to your questions and discussing issues important to you. Please send us your questions in advance.
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Virtual Short Story Workshop
20 – 22 November
Join our virtual weekend course and emerge with the first draft of a short story. We will encourage and mentor you through the process of developing story, from the initial impulse – the virus of an idea – through the building of characters, and the world of the story, to the step-by-step raising of the stakes towards the satisfying crunch of a resolution.
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Creative Writing Webinar – Memoir
25 November
This webinar will focus on memoir. You’ll set the agenda: we’ll be responding to your questions and discussing issues important to you relating to memoir writing. Join Joanne Hichens, author of soon to be released memoir, Death and the After Parties, and Jo-Anne Richards for a fun and motivating hour.
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December 2020
Power of Writing
1 December
The four module introductory creative writing course will help you develop a more creative style by giving you the tools to enhance your writing voice. It will encourage active observational skills and introduce you to the concept of showing rather than telling. Full feedback on all assignments. More information here..
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Saturday Memoir Writing Workshop
5 December
Join All About Writing, Joanne Hichens and a community of fellow writers for a virtual Saturday Writing Workshop focusing on memoir writing. It will be of equal benefit to more experienced writers wanting to augment their skills, and to those with no experience at all, who are looking for a place to start.
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Creative Writing Coaching: Focus on Scenes
7 December
Before or after work each day, your coach will give you a few fundamental points of writing practice, encourage you to write, provide a prompt to get you going, and give you full personal feedback. This coaching programme focuses on the logic of story: the glue which holds it together.
