Join me, Alice Adams, for a relaxed weekly creative writing session for adults with:
– Writing prompts
– Goal setting
– Your writing questions answered
– A friendly & supportive atmosphere

When?

Eight weekly sessions starting Tuesday 10th October 2023 at:

London: 7.30pm
New York: 2.30pm
LA/SF: 11.30am
Sydney: 5.30am

Each session is 75 minutes long. 

There will be a break for Halloween (Tuesday 31st October). 

The weekly session will then run ongoingly from January 2024 with an optional monthly or bi-monthly Central London meet-up if there’s demand.

Where?

The final session on Tuesday 5th December 2023 will be held in Bloomsbury, Central London – it’s up to you whether to attend in person or online.

Who?

Everyone – all welcome.

Whatever stage you’re at, from complete beginner to published author, you can benefit from having:

– a responsive tutor to answer questions
– a time in your diary committed to writing
– writing prompts and exercises
– a community of other writers
– the opportunity to set writing goals

Cost?

£150/$190 for eight 75 minute sessions

Full details:

www.writingcourses.org.uk

Looking for stories about films and cinemas.

As always, we welcome submissions of general fiction, but this time around we’re also running a special themed call for stories about films and cinemas.

We want your stories about making films, watching films, and the role they play in our lives. We’re also keen to see stories set in or around cinemas as physical spaces.

Stories could be set at any time from the earliest days of cinema to today’s digital world. Tell us about the pioneers of the medium, experiences on today’s film sets, the distance from couch to TV, or the weekly stroll to Blockbuster. Show us Hollywood superstars, proud 70s parents with Super 8 cameras, or teenagers with iPhones. Just remember to keep your story and characters fictional.

Our relationship with the moving image has changed over the years but it has always been an important part of our lives and our culture, so there’s a huge range of settings, themes, and ideas to explore. We can’t wait to read your stories.

Find full details of this special submission call on our website.

“The point being: when I started “Kevin”, the heavens didn’t part. No archangel appeared by my desk proclaiming that this child of my hand would be blessed by God. It was one more book. Though once stuck in I had a good time, I was often dismal about my project’s prospects. To colleagues and aspirants I would only advise, then: you’ve no idea when you’re writing a bestseller.”

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/apr/24/when-i-started-the-heavens-didnt-part-lionel-shriver-on-we-need-to-talk-about-kevin

(si possis, recte; si non, quocumque modo)

– Horace