20th April 2024 – Crime Writer Charlie Garratt

This workshop will look at beginnings  (e.g. getting ideas, normal world and inciting incident) and building characters. This will include some exercises, and a Q&A at the end.

With Crime Writer Charlie Garratt 

https://charliegarratt.com/

About Charlie: 
Charlie Garratt is local-based author of a series of crime novels featuring Inspector James Given, set in the late 1930s and early 1940s. His love of crime novels goes way back to childhood and adolescence. Whether it be the Famous Five’s criminal investigations, science fiction detectives on distant worlds, or Wilkie Collins’ immortal The Moonstone.

When…
This 60-minute-long workshop will be held during Wrekin Writers’ February meeting, which starts at 10am on Saturday 20^th April 2024.
Charlie’s workshop will begin at 11am and aim to finish by 12pm.

Where…
Wrekin Writers usual venue the downstairs room at the rear of the Wellington Community Art Gallery, 8-10 Duke Street, Wellington, TF1 1BJ

Workshop – 16th March 2024 – Into the Otherworld – fairy and folk magic tales

Fairy and Folk tales are full of magic and make believe, but they are certainly not just for children! These tales explore fundamental patterns of storytelling and uncover important truths. In this writing workshop Kate Innes will provide you with lots of visual images to get your narrative started, and a framework to build exciting adventures for your characters, leading to a satisfying, and possibly surprising, ending!

Kate Innes worked as an archaeologist, teacher and museum educator before moving to Shropshire and writing full time. Her highly acclaimedArrowsmith Trilogy of medieval novels is set in the Welsh Marches and includes some of the area’s most iconic historic sites. Kate’s first poetry collection, Flocks of Words, was shortlisted for the Rubery Book Award in 2018, as was her first children’s book, Greencoats, an historical fantasy set in WW2. She was the winner of the Imagined Worlds Poetry Prize 2018 and the WPF Festival in a Book Prize in 2023.

www.kateinneswriter.com

@kateinnes2

When…
This 60-minute-long workshop will be held during Wrekin Writers’ March meeting, which starts at 10am on Saturday 16^th March 2024.
Nick’s workshop will begin at 11am and aim to finish by 12pm.

Where…
Wrekin Writers usual venue the downstairs room at the rear of the Wellington Community Art Gallery, 8-10 Duke Street, Wellington, TF1 1BJ

Workshop Saturday 17th February 2024 – Nick Pearson

Poetry – Under The Skin

Let the poetic muse capture your imagination and then run it free in this taster workshop led by this year’s Wellington Poet in Residence, Nick Pearson.

Come along to …
…learn about the poetic devices of rhyme, rhythm, meter, syntax, structure and so much more to support your poetry writing
…develop the skills and confidence for those of you who “can’t write poetry for toffee” to take your first sticky steps and put pen to paper
…relax in the reflections of a selection of poems chosen specially by Nick for Wrekin Writers

When…
This 90-minute-long workshop will be held during Wrekin Writers’ February meeting, which starts at 10am on Saturday 17^th February 2024.
Nick’s workshop will begin at 11am and aim to finish by 12.30pm.

Where…
Wrekin Writers usual venue the downstairs room at the rear of the Wellington Community Art Gallery, 8-10 Duke Street, Wellington, TF1 1BJ

Jane Seabourne Poetry Workshop

Jane Seabourne gave us an excellent poetry workshop today, proving that even those of us who are not natural poets, can still produce something magical and … poetical.

Jane encouraging us to get drawing … yes, drawing!

 

Wrekin Writers creating poetry

 

2015 Wrekin Writer Workshops with Nick Fletcher and Catherine Cooper

This year, as part of the Wellington Literary Festival, we had two fabulous workshop facilitators: Nick Fletcher and Catherine Cooper.

Nick gave us an insight into the world of freelance journalism and writing for magazines, sharing with us his tips and advice, drawing upon his many years experience working for the national newspapers and also selling to magazines across the UK.

By the end of the workshop, everyone was fired up with lots of ideas. Editors, I hope you’re inboxes are ready for our pitches!

Then, in the afternoon, Catherine Cooper arrived, with friends, to demystify the world of writing for children …

She had us busy creating characters, delving into treasure chests and picking out a mysterious object to inspire our character and take them on a magical journey. Writing for children means releasing your inner child!

 

 

 

Many thanks to both of our guest speakers for two fab workshops!

 

 

2009 – October Workshop with Nick Fletcher

Our 2009 October Workshops were facilitated by local writer, Nick Fletcher, who’s written over 30,000 articles and several books.

A packed Wellington Town Council Chamber, as we listen to Nick.

2008 – Authors Judith Allnatt and Sue Moorcroft Visit

In May 2008, we were fortunate to be visited by two authors, Judith Allnat and Sue Moorcroft, who read from their new novels and answered questions on the writing process.

Judith, Keith Large and Sue