Description
Online Creative Writing Workshops
Realise your writing goals this autumn! Join writer, teacher and Story Machine director Elizabeth Lewis Williams to experiment with new forms or kickstart your writing project. Each week you will discuss a range of extracts and genres, try a variety of writing exercises and discuss your work with other writers. This is an opportunity to have fun with writing, and hone your writer’s voice.
Suitable for beginners or for more experienced writers who are seeking the opportunity to refresh their approach.
WHEN WILL SESSIONS BE DELIVERED?
Friday mornings, 9th Oct. – 6th Nov., 10am – 12 noon
HOW MUCH WILL THIS COURSE COST?
£110 (please contact elizabeth@storymachines.co.uk to enquire about a bursary place)
Course Structure
Week 1: Tapping Into Memory
This introductory session will think about different ways of tapping into vivid memories to start a piece of writing: a useful session for those wondering how to begin, or for those who are struggling with writer’s block!
Week 2: Writing from Objects
This week’s writing exercises will centre on objects with a personal significance, or which have another story to tell.
Week 3: Finding a Voice
What is voice? This week we will explore the different ways voice can be expressed in writing, from the writer’s voice to dialogue.
Week 4: Playing With Form
From free verse to sonnet: this week we will look briefly at three different poetic forms, and try out a range of responses.
Week 5: Creative non-fiction
What is creative non-fiction? This week we will look at different ways of approaching non-fiction topics, from memoir to history to hybrid nature writing.
Course Leader – Elizabeth Lewis Williams
Elizabeth Lewis Williams is a Norwich-based poet, teacher, and recent co-director of Story Machine. After many years spent teaching in schools, she completed an MA, followed by a PhD, in Creative Writing at the UEA. She has run workshops for the Writer’s Centre Norwich, for UEA, and as part of various book festivals, as well as delivering on-line and in-person workshops for scientific institutions and poetry groups. Her first book, Deception Island, was shortlisted for East Anglian book of the year in 2022. Her second book, Erebus, was published in October 2022, and she has recently completed a personal and cultural history of the Antarctic which is currently out on submission.
Praise for Elizabeth’s Teaching
‘Exceptionally enjoyable…I’ve come away with a huge amount of fodder for writing.’
‘As I am still deciding what sort of a writer I want to be, it is most useful to explore a range of genres.’
‘Elizabeth really encouraged discussion. It was a good mix of examples and scaffolding of information and independent writing.’
‘Kind and generous. [A] wonderful facilitator.’
‘Knowledgeable, welcoming and inclusive.’
‘Elizabeth was excellent … She created an environment that allowed everyone in the sessions to have a voice and to be met with positivity and constructive feedback.’
‘The facilitation, leadership, atmosphere and structure of the course all gave me confidence to attempt things that previously felt beyond my abilities.’
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