Are you interested in writing a novel, but don’t know where to start? Have you started a novel or two but fizzled out? Are you intimidated by the idea of committing to such a substantial task? Does the thought of completing c.80,000 words seem unachievable? Do you have a lot of ideas but not know […]
Mini goals session for script writers. Email billie@writingsquad.com for the link.
Over the past few months, we've held four conversations exploring each of the Arts Council's new Investment Principles. These principles define both their strategy for the arts in England, and the way they make decisions about who they fund. We're using them to inform The Writing Squad's plan for 2022/23, and our application for the […]
Mini goals session for prose writers. Email billie@writingsquad.com for the link.
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.