In our family, bringing along a small notebook or a journal when we travel has become a tradition. Maybe you'll make it part of your summer plans as well.
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By: Elizabeth Moore,
on 6/15/2015
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By: Bridget Whelan,
on 8/5/2012
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Since my last post was about the arguments regarding whether creative writing can be taught, I suppose it's not surprising that I should be thinking about the courses that I will be running in Brighton and Central London in the autumn - although I haven't actually been away this summer yet.
Courses take a lot of planing and ideas for new exercises and new approaches to familiar subjects come from a diverse range of sources - a chance remark, a photograph, an article in Sunday supplement.
Last night after a dinner party I suddenly saw how I could use titles from Philip K. Dick's books to spark new and original writing and went straight to my laptop to plan a lesson instead of heading for the kitchen sink and the washing up...can't think why. What's else on offer next term?
Halloween and all things ghoulish, creating believable baddies, discovering how being in the moment can aid description and two entirely new courses - nature writing on the edge of the Sussex Downs and a lunch hour course in central London for busy writers who just want/need to go home after work.
I am also very glad to be running a course on writing the biography of your family again. There's nothing as interesting as people and I meet some fascinating characters in the classroom - the fact that some of them have been dead a couple of hundred years doesn't make any difference.
While the course is aimed at anyone who wants to put flesh on the bare bones of family history - a list of dates of births, deaths and marriages reveals very little by itself - it is also suitable for students who want to write the life story of a parent or grandparent.
Get in touch if you'd like to find out more.
By: Jason Boog,
on 6/16/2008
Blog: ThePublishingSpot (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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By: Elizabeth Moore,
on 6/15/2015
Blog: TWO WRITING TEACHERS (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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By: Bridget Whelan,
on 8/5/2012
Blog: TWENTY TEN Bridget Whelan (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: Family History, nature writing, Brighton, Beginners, Advanced, creative writing courses, 60-minute writer, Family biography, City Lit, Holborn, Add a tag
Courses take a lot of planing and ideas for new exercises and new approaches to familiar subjects come from a diverse range of sources - a chance remark, a photograph, an article in Sunday supplement.
Last night after a dinner party I suddenly saw how I could use titles from Philip K. Dick's books to spark new and original writing and went straight to my laptop to plan a lesson instead of heading for the kitchen sink and the washing up...can't think why. What's else on offer next term?
Halloween and all things ghoulish, creating believable baddies, discovering how being in the moment can aid description and two entirely new courses - nature writing on the edge of the Sussex Downs and a lunch hour course in central London for busy writers who just want/need to go home after work.
I am also very glad to be running a course on writing the biography of your family again. There's nothing as interesting as people and I meet some fascinating characters in the classroom - the fact that some of them have been dead a couple of hundred years doesn't make any difference.
While the course is aimed at anyone who wants to put flesh on the bare bones of family history - a list of dates of births, deaths and marriages reveals very little by itself - it is also suitable for students who want to write the life story of a parent or grandparent.
Get in touch if you'd like to find out more.
BRIGHTON
Creative
Writing – an introduction MONDAY MORNINGS
It
doesn’t matter if you haven’t written since school - come along and discover
the writer within on this confidence-building 10 week course
starting on October 1st 2012
South Portslade Community Centre
South Portslade Community Centre
www.portslade.org 01273 422632 or email [email protected]
Creative
Writing – advanced THURSDAY MORNING or AFTERNOON
An imaginative 10 week course designed to offer
support and inspiration to the emerging writer. Morning and afternoon sessions
available starting on October
4th 2012
South Portslade Community Centre
South Portslade Community Centre
www.portslade.org 01273 422632 or email [email protected]
Writing from Nature at Foredown Tower SIX WEEK COURSE
Take
inspiration from the natural world, and look at the familiar in new ways at
this unique site on the edge of the South Downs. This is a short Wednesday
morning course starting on November 7th 2012
www.portslade.org 01273 422632 or email [email protected]
Help! I Want To Be
Published! FIVE WEEK COURSE
A
short course for aspiring fiction and non fiction writers that combines
practical guidance on the nitty gritty of getting published with advice on how
to make your writing stand out for all the right reasons.
Starting
on November 6th at the Friends Centre, near Brighton Station.
www.friendscentre.org 01273 810210
CENTRAL LONDON
The 60-minute Writer GRAB A SANDWICH & A DOSE OF CREATIVITY
Fit
creative writing into your busy day in central London. A relaxed, informal
rolling programme for writers of all levels of experience who enjoy being
thrown new ideas and experimenting with poetry and prose. This Friday lunchtime
class starts on September 28th 2012 at City Lit in Holborn.
http://www.citylit.ac.uk 020 7831 7831
Writing Your Family Biography
A
non-fiction course for students who want to learn how to use writing techniques
to transform the bare bones of family history into a gripping read.
This
Friday afternoon course starts on September 14th 2012 at City Lit in Holborn.
http://www.citylit.ac.uk 020 7831 7831
Ways into Creative Writing
An
imaginative and supportive course covering prose writing and poetry -suitable
for the beginner
This
Friday evening course starts on September 14 2012 at City Lit in Holborn.
http://www.citylit.ac.uk 020 7831 7831
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By: Jason Boog,
on 6/16/2008
Blog: ThePublishingSpot (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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How does nature affect your storytelling style?
Edward Champion explores that topic over at Barnes & Noble Review--a brand-new, action-packed place for literary essays. He's writing about Daughters of the North, the latest work by Publishing Spot alum, Sarah Hall.
Champion analyzes her new book, but the online review allows him to trace the thematic threads connecting her three radically different novels. Check it out: "the novel represents both an extension and an evolution of what might be best perceived as a narrative inquiry into the relationship between humanity and environment."
If you want to read our interview with Sarah Hall, follow these links:
As Hall told us How To Describe Nature In Your Stories
and How To Budget Time For Your First Novel
then showed us How To Turn Everyday Sights Into Novel Settings
and then How To Research Your Novel
and finally, Hall talked about The Beauty of Influences.
By: Bruce Black,
on 9/23/2007
Blog: wordswimmer (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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The words Nancy Lord weaves into elegant sentences glisten with the same salt spray that washes over the gillnets and corklines she sets every morning on Alaska's Cook Inlet where, for the past eighteen years, she and her partner have made their home. When a writer earns her livelihood from fishing, it's unsurprising that she might try to reshape her life among nets and boats and fish into
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By: Rebecca,
on 5/15/2007
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Coordinates: 40 41 N 76 12 W
Population: 15,549 (2000 est.)
Responsible for the dismissal of a Harvard University president, enjoyed by the Founding Fathers (in all of their wisdom), and commercially available since 1612, beer has been an ever-present commodity in United States history. (more…)
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