Mini goals session for sci-fi and fantasy writers. Email billie@writingsquad.com for the link.

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

SHEFFIELD, VENUE TBC. SQUAD 10. Come and make a film in a weekend with Ben Wilkinson and Matt Rowan Maw. We meet on the Saturday morning, talk about film and film production, write a script over lunch, film in the afternoon and Sunday morning, edit Sunday morning and load the finished film onto Vimeo on […]

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

Mini goals session - setting goals and updating each other on writing news and cultural highlights. Email billie@writingsquad.com for Zoom details.

Is rhythm and metre something we should consider in the first stages or only when editing? Do rhythm and sound carry their own kind of meaning? How can we use both to make our work more effective? Using our favourite poems and songs we will examine the rules to learn their magic then write exploring how […]

A workshop in bookmaking, writing and play with Stevie Ronnie. We will make books and explore bookbinding techniques and formats with a range of materials. We'll be writing too, using words as a material in the bookmaking process. The second half of the workshop will be a more open creative play session where you'll be given a wide […]

Mini goals session - setting goals and updating each other on writing news and cultural highlights. Email billie@writingsquad.com for Zoom details.

Writers reading, led by Matt and Emma. Discussion of the script for The Power of the Dog.

A chance to talk songs and songwriting with Kathryn Williams. How do you start? How do you match lyric to music and tune to words? How do you collaborate? You'll take away an insight into a songwriter's practise and some tricks and techniques for starting, developing and finishing songs.

Pain can be daunting and abstract, but it is an unavoidable fact of life. In this workshop, we will explore various ways we can write pain. Elaine Scarry writes that pain “does not simply resist language but actively destroys it”. As writers, we rebuild language where there is none to be found. We will consider the […]

Mini goals session – setting goals and updating each other on writing news and cultural highlights. Email billie@writingsquad.com for Zoom details.