Getting Started: Gentle Creative Writing Workshops For Beginners

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Workshop 1: Writing with the senses

Fri 30 January - Community Art Studio, Forest Row

Workshop 2: Writing with objects

Sat 14 February - Mad Dog Coffee Lounge, East Grinstead

Workshop 3: Found poetry & collage

Fri 27 February - Community Art Studio, Forest Row

Workshop 4: Writing memoir - an introduction

Sat 21 March - Mad Dog Coffee Lounge, East Grinstead

Workshop 5: Writing fiction - an introduction

Fri 27 March - Community Art Studio, Forest Row

You can attend all of the workshops or drop in to those you're most interested in.

This is for you if you:

• are interested in maybe getting into creative writing (poetry, stories, memoir) but you're not sure where to start
• have heard that journalling might be a good idea but you don't know what to write about
• want the support of a group but without the pressure
• want to kickstart some creative ideas or think about how to be more creative in your life
• are willing to give new things a go
• are curious and want to carve some time for yourself

It would include:

• the best of all the creative writing activities I've tried in the past 12 years of running workshops, carefully curated to be a course to support those new to the practice
• an introduction to creative writing techniques including fiction, memoir, poetry
• an introduction to writing techniques that overlap with art, for example found poetry or collage
• in amongst these gentle techniques and activities, I'll weave in some journalling prompts and suggestions
• ideas to lean into the seasons and moon cycles

You would not need:

• to be good at writing (or spelling and grammar)
• to have tried creative writing before

This is not for you if:

• you are looking for detailed feedback on your writing
• you want to know simple steps to writing a novel

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