Tonight is WriteNight

Monday 27th February
7.30 - 9.30pm
15 Queen Street, CO1 2PH

Join us this evening for WriteNight, a creative writing group hosted by local reading recovery teacher Emma Kittle. It’s an open, informal and friendly meetup for those interested in writing. All are welcome. Come along to meet like minded souls, take part in an exercise, share your work or just have a coffee and enjoy the evening.

Tonight we have a few exercises to chose from and we will be looking at some members of the group’s work via figment.

RSVP via our meet page. Please contact Emma for more information.

Member Showcase: Sarah Banham

Flexi Member
Sarah Banham
For The Love Of Books

Meet our latest flexi member Sarah. She’s signed up to the building to host Creative Writing Workshops here every fourth Saturday of the month. The workshop: ‘Finding Inspiration for Creative Writing’ will be here on Saturday 25th February, 1 - 4pm.

To get to know Sarah a bit better we got her to pop in and ask a few questions for us:

How are you a part of, and use 15 Queen Street?
I am a ‘creative professional’ whereby I use the space at 15 Queen Street to prepare my workshops and work on my clients’ projects.

Tell us a bit about your journey and where you are today.
Over the past 25 years I’ve become passionate about creative writing and since have published several novels.  I turned self employed last year and broke down my skills into bite sized services which I offer the public.  These are ghost writing, proofreading and creative writing coaching.  With recycling in mind, I also sell pre-loved titles for a fraction of the original cost.  I also run workshops on ‘Finding Inspiration to Creatively Write’,’ making books, book covers, book marks and other paper crafts.

What do you think of our membership hub and Colchester’s growing Cultural Quarter?
I think it’s pretty fantastic!

Give us a sneaky peak of what you are working on right now.
I am an author first and foremost so I often have my own literary projects on the go. Currently it is a WIP (Work In Progress) entitled Heart and Soul.  The prelude to the novel is a short story which was published in an anthology entitled PROJECT:HERO which was in aid of Help for Heroes.

Thanks Sarah! We look forward to your first workshop here on the 25th.

Writing classes in Thorpe-Le-Soken

Local writer Jenni Chante is setting up some Creative Writing classes in Thorpe-le-Soken. We thought we would pass the info around to all you Colchester writers. If any of you are interested Jenni may run some classes based here too.

The price will be £3 per one hour class, and it’ll be tailored for beginners who aren’t quite sure where to start, or who might know what they want to do but don’t have the confidence to make the leap.

I’m thinking we could meet up at a cafe or something, and just have a relaxed but structured discussion on topics such as how to set a scene, developing characters, creating dialogue, how to edit your work, what to avoid, etc. If anyone is interested in this, please do get in touch.

For more info please email her or call 07904605386.

Hey writers! Meet Write Night

Monday 23rd January
7.30 - 9.30pm
15 Queen Street, CO1 2PH

Creative Writing Classes @redlionbooks

The Short Story: Creaton and crafting

Tuesday 6.30 - 8pm
31st January - 6th March (6 weeks)
Red Lion Books, 125 High Street, CO1 1SZ

Red Lion Books are starting the new year with Creative Writing classes held at their high street shop from January to March. Run by Sarah, (a keen visitor to our WriteNight events) she is offering a course suitable for a range of abilities. Allowing you to learn or refresh the basics of short story writing.

Creation looks at characterisation, setting and reaserch. Crafting looks at point of view, showing, telling and structure. The final week is a workshop and opportunity to get feedback on your work.

The fee for the course is £60. Places are limited so reserve your place as soon as possible.

Call 01206 578584 or email for more information and to book your place.

‘Writing from Life’

For all our Wivenhoe followers and new found creative writing friends. There is a Writing Course starting at the Wivenhoe Book Shop this January.

Run by Petra McQueen, the course focuses on the use of memory in fiction, poetry and autobiography.

16th January to 6th February, then from 20th February to 12th March. (8 weeks)
Monday 11 – 12.30 noon
Wivenhoe Book Shop, 23 High Street, CO7 9BE

The fee for the course is £72, for more information please call 01206 824050 or email.

Introducing Writenight

For November flexi member Emma Kittle held National Novel Writing Month meetups here. It was a great success, inviting local writers to the building to enjoy meeting like minded people. And of course, writing.

Due to the success the night it has now transformed into WriteNight - a creative writing meetup held here at fifteen Queen Street every second and fourth Monday of the month.

Here are the upcoming dates for 2012:

Jan 9th, 23rd, Feb 13th, Feb 27th, March 12th, 26th.

The name WriteNight was voted in and a discussion for how the evenings would take shape has been formed. There will be work sharing, a writing exercise and maybe time to write your own stuff.  Oh, and a coffee break.

If you would like more feedback on your work, it was suggested that writing was shared via email before the session, otherwise bringing it along is fine too.

For more info please email Emma. Plus you can RSVP via our meetup page here.

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