The handouts available at Olga Merrick’s workshop at the May meeting about creating characters and bringing them to life can be downloaded here: Olga Merrick’s Creating Characters
Meeting Handouts
April 2018 meeting/workshop: What Colour Are We?
A PDF copy of the slides from Bryan’s workshop on personality traits can be downloaded here: What Colour are we
Bryan explain the colour of certain character traits.
Self-Publishing Workshop Handout
The handout from the Self-publishing workshop on Saturday 21st October 2017 can be downloaded from here: Self-Publishing Useful Websites
2014 NAWG Competitions Entry Form
Members of NAWG (National Association of Writers’ Groups) are entitled to enter their competitions (free). There are ten categories to enter and the closing date for all entries is 30th April 2014.
April 2013 – Darren’s Character Generator
Here’s a technique for creating characters … all you need is a pen and a TEN-SIDED dice.
June 2011 – Darren’s Fictive Dream
The fictive dream is when a writer transports the reader into their world so well, the reader believes they are part of the story. Welcome to the Fictive Dream.
For more information, click on the link below to download a PDF document.
April 2011 – Simon’s Basic Punctuation Tips
After an ‘interesting’ workshop on punctuation (click here to watch the video) here’s a tip sheet to remind you of what each piece of punctuation is used for.
February 2011 Meeting – Darren’s Dialogue Notes
These notes formed the basis of the workshop from our meeting on February 2011, discussing dialogue, how to create it, make it realistic, write it and punctuate it.
Click the link to download a PDF document.
Scripts & Screenplays
Mike White attended a course on writing scripts and screenplays run by Pete Robinson and Sam North in August 2010.
Click on the link below to download the notes in PDF format.
