If you have an idea you want to realise and it involves pulling together a bunch of people and resources, this conversation and Q+A is for you. Steve D will talk to three freelance Squad writers who have set up companies either to deliver specific projects or as a vehicle for their work, asking questions […]
With Keisha Thompson This workshop will focus on using poetic form and semantic field to create performance and theatre material. We will be thinking about the cross over from page to stage, extended metaphor and using writing devices to inform performance ideas.
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.
Mini goals session for script writers. Email billie@writingsquad.com for the link.
Writers reading led by Stevie and Malika. 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 […]
Exploring the poetry of the street on the page and through the lens. This workshop will explore the poetry of the street on the page and through the lens. We will spend some time in the morning looking at poets and photographers who catch the incidental movement and life of the streets as well as […]
Mini goals session for squad 10 - email billie@writingsquad.com for the link.
Mini goals session for poets. Email billie@writingsquad.com for the link.
With Gabriel Evans This workshop will examine how the media uses sensationalism to garner interest and give alternative ways to make newswriting engaging. What is sensationalism, and why does the media (still) love it? How does sensationalism affect our lives? How can we write news articles and other non-fiction without sensationalism? By the end of […]
SQUAD 10 - if you are in Squad 1-9 and want to be added to the waiting list, please email billie@writingsquad.com We will explore how you source material and then work on and refine it into scripts for TV, radio or sketch shows. Jeremy will also share examples from the real and not so real […]
Mini goals session for scriptwriters. Email billie@writingsquad.com for the link.