Mini Goals for poets. Email billie@writingsquad.com to receive the link.

ZOOM, OPEN ALL SQUADS In this workshop we will look at rituals and how they appear in our own lives, what they reveal about us and how we can use them to strengthen our understanding of our characters. We will also explore how disrupting these rituals can function as a plot device using examples from […]

OPEN TO ALL SQUADS, YORK - VENUE TBC This workshop will introduce you to the story process within soap. You will gain a unique insight into the way in which continuing drama hires Storyliners. Storyliners are responsible for generating ideas and structuring the story into each episode. We will also talk about what is expected […]

Mini goals for script writers. Email billie@writingsquad.com to receive the link.

One of the very best ways to become a better writer is to read widely and thoughtfully. Building on Emma and Matt’s great work in establishing the Awesome Play Text / Screenplay Reading Club, and Francesca's prose club, Malika and Stevie are hosting the Awesome Poetry Reading Club to focus on how we can read […]

SQUAD 10 If you are a Squad grad (1-9), and would like to be added to the reserve list for this workshop, please email Billie on billie@writingsquad.com An uncompromising workshop in which Leone will explore how to edit the first draft of a short story and offer some hard golden rules that will last you […]

Squad 10 mini goals session. Email billie@writingsquad.com to get the link.

Mini goals for prose writers. Email billie@writingsquad.com for the link.

OPEN TO ALL SQUADS, YORK - VENUE TBC This session will explore the relationship between text and music, and the numerous ways the two can interrelate in opera, art song and other classical forms (eg choral music). We will take a look at the different ways a collaborative relationship between a writer and a composer […]

Mini goals for script writers. Email billie@writingsquad.com to receive the link.

Mini goals for poets. Email billie@writingsquad.com to receive the link.  

ZOOM, OPEN ALL SQUADS How can we make the places and locations in our writing feel three-dimensional and “real”? How do we avoid falling into clichés when writing about landscape and place? How can we capture a real/imagined place through senses, description, speech and muddled language? Can settings ever be as important as characters?