Facilitator: Lorna Partington

LEVEL: New, Emerging or Developing writers

A regular creative space to explore your imagination or generate new story ideas.

Taking place online (via Zoom) once a month, Pen Pushers is an intensive hour of creative-writing improvisation that uses theme-based prompts to spark your imagination and get the ink flowing. The use of pen and paper is strongly encouraged because handwriting gets us into a different headspace than typing, but you can use whatever writing tool is most appropriate to you.

Each session will include several short, focused writing exercises where we can explore characters, situations, places and ideas. Hopefully, these exercises will open the doors to worlds you can explore more fully in your own time.

BOOK HERE

Facilitator: Anne Grange

If you are writing poetry but don't know any other poets, or if you just fancy a regular poetry check-in every two weeks, this group is for you! We will read and share work and give each other gentle and constructive feedback. We'll also do a writing exercise together, set ourselves poetry prompt challenges and talk about poetry.

Everyone is welcome, whether you have written volumes of poetry or are just dipping your toe in the poetry waters. It's just an hour - enough to kickstart your passion for poetry!

I will email you details of the Zoom meeting directly, as well as the prompt for this week's session.

BOOK HERE

Facilitator: Amanda Marples

Hands up who is neurodivergent and really needs some support with their writing?

Who longs for a writing coach but is having enough trouble paying the gas bill?

Here is a solution: low-cost, high-quality group mentoring.

Here's what to expect...

• Monthly meet-ups (in-person also available)

• Small groups of no more than 5 writers

• Opportunity and dedicated space to bring your writing-related executive function issues (see below)

• Space to talk it through with other ND writers

• Access to the expertise of ND professional writer and mentor Amanda Marples (facilitating)

• Solutions

• Gentle accountability and goal-setting

BOOK HERE

Friendly, supportive writing workshops for writers at all stages of their writing journeys. Push-ups for your writing muscles, a play date for your inner child, a chance to exorcise your demons or just plain magic.

You’ll be guided through a series of themed writing exercises to generate new writing in the company of other writers. You can write in whatever genre and for whatever purpose suits you. Expect fun, laughter, friendship and solidarity as side effects.

Online on Mondays 11.00am-12.30pm

(Also available in-person at The Writers Workshop, Wednesdays 11am-1pm)

Book Get Writing online here

Friendly, supportive writing workshops for writers at all stages of their writing journeys. Push-ups for your writing muscles, a play date for your inner child, a chance to exorcise your demons or just plain magic.

You’ll be guided through a series of themed writing exercises to generate new writing in the company of other writers. You can write in whatever genre and for whatever purpose suits you. Expect fun, laughter, friendship and solidarity as side effects.

Online on Mondays 10.45am-12.15pm

(Also available in-person at The Writers Workshop, Wednesdays 11am-1pm)

Book Get Writing online here

Start the week as you mean to go on by setting goals, working through blocks and barriers and discussing your writing conundrums with writing coach, Beverley Ward, and other writers.

Monday Motivation is open to anyone but free to Gold members of The Writers Workshop (membership includes a weekly bulletin too!)

BOOK HERE

Friendly, supportive writing workshops for writers at all stages of their writing journeys. Push-ups for your writing muscles, a play date for your inner child, a chance to exorcise your demons or just plain magic.

You’ll be guided through a series of themed writing exercises to generate new writing in the company of other writers. You can write in whatever genre and for whatever purpose suits you. Expect fun, laughter, friendship and solidarity as side effects.

Online on Mondays 11.00am-12.30pm

(Also available in-person at The Writers Workshop, Wednesdays 11am-1pm)

Book Get Writing online here

Start the week as you mean to go on by setting goals, working through blocks and barriers and discussing your writing conundrums with writing coach, Beverley Ward, and other writers.

Monday Motivation is open to anyone but free to Gold members of The Writers Workshop (membership includes a weekly bulletin too!)

BOOK HERE

Host: Rosie Carnall

Write from the Art is a fun and thought-provoking art-inspired online creative writing session.

We'll start by looking at an artwork together as the starting point for a series of themed prompts and exercises to inspire your thinking and writing.

Whether you can't remember the last time you picked up a pen or you're a well-practiced scribbler, you'll enjoy this friendly, stimulating approach to generating new writing. Join us to try out new ideas and write some sentences that only you can write.

Suitable for anyone who enjoys words in company - talking with them, exploring what they mean and writing them down.

Rosie Carnall also runs monthly Sharing the View: Philosophy in the Gallery sessions at the Graves Gallery, Sheffield.

BOOK HERE

Facilitator: Anne Grange

If you are writing poetry but don't know any other poets, or if you just fancy a regular poetry check-in every two weeks, this group is for you! We will read and share work and give each other gentle and constructive feedback. We'll also do a writing exercise together, set ourselves poetry prompt challenges and talk about poetry.

Everyone is welcome, whether you have written volumes of poetry or are just dipping your toe in the poetry waters. It's just an hour - enough to kickstart your passion for poetry!

I will email you details of the Zoom meeting directly, as well as the prompt for this week's session.

I have created this Halloween special version of Herding Cats - so please bring along spooky poems written by yourself or another poet, and prepare for a Halloween-themed prompt to get scribbling during the session.

BOOK HERE

Start the week as you mean to go on by setting goals, working through blocks and barriers and discussing your writing conundrums with writing coach, Beverley Ward, and other writers.

Monday Motivation is open to anyone but free to Gold members of The Writers Workshop (membership includes a weekly bulletin too!)

BOOK HERE

Facilitator: Amanda Marples

Hands up who is neurodivergent and really needs some support with their writing?

Who longs for a writing coach but is having enough trouble paying the gas bill?

Here is a solution: low-cost, high-quality group mentoring.

Here's what to expect...

• Monthly meet-ups (in-person also available)

• Small groups of no more than 5 writers

• Opportunity and dedicated space to bring your writing-related executive function issues (see below)

• Space to talk it through with other ND writers

• Access to the expertise of ND professional writer and mentor Amanda Marples (facilitating)

• Solutions

• Gentle accountability and goal-setting

BOOK HERE

Friendly, supportive writing workshops for writers at all stages of their writing journeys. Push-ups for your writing muscles, a play date for your inner child, a chance to exorcise your demons or just plain magic.

You’ll be guided through a series of themed writing exercises to generate new writing in the company of other writers. You can write in whatever genre and for whatever purpose suits you. Expect fun, laughter, friendship and solidarity as side effects.

Online on Mondays 10.45am-12.15pm

(Also available in-person at The Writers Workshop, Wednesdays 11am-1pm)

Book Get Writing online here

Start the week as you mean to go on by setting goals, working through blocks and barriers and discussing your writing conundrums with writing coach, Beverley Ward, and other writers.

Monday Motivation is open to anyone but free to Gold members of The Writers Workshop (membership includes a weekly bulletin too!)

Facilitator: Lorna Partington

LEVEL: New, Emerging or Developing writers

A regular creative space to explore your imagination or generate new story ideas.

Taking place online (via Zoom) once a month, Pen Pushers is an intensive hour of creative-writing improvisation that uses theme-based prompts to spark your imagination and get the ink flowing. The use of pen and paper is strongly encouraged because handwriting gets us into a different headspace than typing, but you can use whatever writing tool is most appropriate to you.

Each session will include several short, focused writing exercises where we can explore characters, situations, places and ideas. Hopefully, these exercises will open the doors to worlds you can explore more fully in your own time.

BOOK HERE

Friendly, supportive writing workshops for writers at all stages of their writing journeys. Push-ups for your writing muscles, a play date for your inner child, a chance to exorcise your demons or just plain magic.

You’ll be guided through a series of themed writing exercises to generate new writing in the company of other writers. You can write in whatever genre and for whatever purpose suits you. Expect fun, laughter, friendship and solidarity as side effects.

Online on Mondays 10.45am-12.15pm

(Also available in-person at The Writers Workshop, Wednesdays 11am-1pm)

Book Get Writing online here

Start the week as you mean to go on by setting goals, working through blocks and barriers and discussing your writing conundrums with writing coach, Beverley Ward, and other writers.

Monday Motivation is open to anyone but free to Gold members of The Writers Workshop (membership includes a weekly bulletin too!)

Book here

Facilitator: Anne Grange

If you are writing poetry but don't know any other poets, or if you just fancy a regular poetry check-in every two weeks, this group is for you! We will read and share work and give each other gentle and constructive feedback. We'll also do a writing exercise together, set ourselves poetry prompt challenges, and talk about poetry.

Everyone is welcome, whether you've written volumes of poetry or are just dipping your toe in the poetry waters. It's just an hour - enough to kickstart your passion for poetry!

BOOK HERE

Friendly, supportive writing workshops for writers at all stages of their writing journeys. Push-ups for your writing muscles, a play date for your inner child, a chance to exorcise your demons or just plain magic.

You’ll be guided through a series of themed writing exercises to generate new writing in the company of other writers. You can write in whatever genre and for whatever purpose suits you. Expect fun, laughter, friendship and solidarity as side effects.

Online on Mondays 10.45am-12.15pm

(Also available in-person at The Writers Workshop, Wednesdays 11am-1pm)

Book Get Writing online here

Start the week as you mean to go on by setting goals, working through blocks and barriers and discussing your writing conundrums with writing coach, Beverley Ward, and other writers.

Monday Motivation is open to anyone but free to Gold members of The Writers Workshop (membership includes a weekly bulletin too!)

Book here

Host: Rosie Carnall

Write from the Art is a fun and thought-provoking art-inspired online creative writing session.

We'll start by looking at an artwork together as the starting point for a series of themed prompts and exercises to inspire your thinking and writing.

Whether you can't remember the last time you picked up a pen or you're a well-practiced scribbler, you'll enjoy this friendly, stimulating approach to generating new writing. Join us to try out new ideas and write some sentences that only you can write.

Suitable for anyone who enjoys words in company - talking with them, exploring what they mean and writing them down.

Rosie Carnall also runs monthly Sharing the View: Philosophy in the Gallery sessions at the Graves Gallery, Sheffield.

BOOK HERE

Facilitator: Lorna Partington

Are you considering entering a pitching contest (such as Novel Slam)? Or are you worried your story’s opening isn’t capturing the attention of agents or editors?

We all know that endings are hard, but are beginnings really so simple? Your first page is arguably the most important of your story, novel or memoir, so it's vital that it hits your readers (inc. agents or editors) between the eyes.

In this interactive Zoom session, led by editor Lorna Partington, you will explore the elements of a great opening, what promises you've made to your readers from the start, and how your first page could be stronger.

Please note:

• Participants must have a first page to work on during the session (max. 500 words) that they will be asked to submit via email to Lorna before the workshop.

• This session will need a minimum of 3 participants to go ahead. Refunds will be issued if the threshold is not met.

BOOK HERE

Host: Beverley Ward

It's one (hard) thing to write a novel but it's quite another to summarise it in a pithy sales pitch that hooks the interest of an agent, publisher or reader. And that's what you're asked to do at Novel Slam (11th October at The Mowbray). Whether you're entering Novel Slam or not, this annual online session led by Beverley Ward will help you hone your pitch and give you space to practise in a friendly, supportive environment.

Also check out Perfecting Page One for help in writing the best possible opening for your novel reading aloud at Novel Slam or submitting to agents/publishers.

BOOK HERE

Friendly, supportive writing workshops for writers at all stages of their writing journeys. Push-ups for your writing muscles, a play date for your inner child, a chance to exorcise your demons or just plain magic.

You’ll be guided through a series of themed writing exercises to generate new writing in the company of other writers. You can write in whatever genre and for whatever purpose suits you. Expect fun, laughter, friendship and solidarity as side effects.

Online on Mondays 10.45am-12.15pm

(Also available in-person at The Writers Workshop, Wednesdays 11am-1pm)

Book Get Writing online here

Start the week as you mean to go on by setting goals, working through blocks and barriers and discussing your writing conundrums with writing coach, Beverley Ward, and other writers.

Monday Motivation is open to anyone but free to Gold members of The Writers Workshop (membership includes a weekly bulletin too!)

Book here

Facilitator: Anne Grange

If you are writing poetry but don't know any other poets, or if you just fancy a regular poetry check-in every two weeks, this group is for you! We will read and share work and give each other gentle and constructive feedback. We'll also do a writing exercise together, set ourselves poetry prompt challenges, and talk about poetry.

Everyone is welcome, whether you've written volumes of poetry or are just dipping your toe in the poetry waters. It's just an hour - enough to kickstart your passion for poetry!

BOOK HERE

Friendly, supportive writing workshops for writers at all stages of their writing journeys. Push-ups for your writing muscles, a play date for your inner child, a chance to exorcise your demons or just plain magic.

You’ll be guided through a series of themed writing exercises to generate new writing in the company of other writers. You can write in whatever genre and for whatever purpose suits you. Expect fun, laughter, friendship and solidarity as side effects.

Online on Mondays 10.45am-12.15pm

(Also available in-person at The Writers Workshop, Wednesdays 11am-1pm)

Book Get Writing online here

Start the week as you mean to go on by setting goals, working through blocks and barriers and discussing your writing conundrums with writing coach, Beverley Ward, and other writers.

Monday Motivation is open to anyone but free to Gold members of The Writers Workshop (membership includes a weekly bulletin too!)

Book here