Write Your Novel NTR WiP2
A full house. Thanks to the writers who attended our Write Your Novel course yesterday at New Theatre Royal in Portsmouth Bookfest, the first of 2025’s WiP2 workshops.
The exercises were very good.
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It was an exciting launch for our new series of workshops, which will be delivered not just by me but by a team of wonderful writer-facilitators with great experience in coaxing the best out of participants. Characters were developed, from free writing and photograph prompts. We chose objects with which to ruin our characters’ inner lives. And we wrote opening paragraphs for our books, on the spur of the moment. These are all ways to take the pressure off that daunting and elusive first draft – a zero draft, as it were.
Great to have time to explore areas in depth.
Enjoyed meeting other writers.
I look forward to hearing how this group gets on with their writing. And I’ll see more of you for next week’s Writing for Procrastinators courses, and the following week’s Writing Retreat at Central Library, the final event of 2025 Portsmouth Bookfest.
Bookfest & Beyond
Portsmouth Fairy Tales Revisited 6.30 pm, Guildhall. £4/£2. Readings, music, discussion to celebrate this collection & its influence on Portsmouth’s vibrant writing scene.Writing for Procrastinators Online, Thursday 6 March, 6pm-8pm;Writing for Procrastinators in-person Fri 28 Feb 10 am, Cosham Library. £20/£10/£5 conc Writing Retreat 10 – 1 pm Fri 14 & Sat 15 March, Central Library. £9/£4.50 conc. The camaraderie writers often miss. “I edited 5000 words in a weekend.”Editing Club: 2 April – wegottickets.com/event/646727
WiP2 workshops at New Theatre Royal – WiP2 – Writing in Portsmouth + Work in Progress; Tickets £20/£10 conc: newtheatreroyal.com/performances/writing-workshops/
2025 WiP2 (Writing in Portsmouth) programmeNew Theatre RoyalFri 14 Mar 2-4 pm‘I come from…’ – Writing Your LifeChristine Lawrence, novelist, actorFri 28 Mar 2-4 pmWriting for Procrastinators (Part 1/3)William SuttonFri 11 Apr 2-4 pmPainting with words: Ekphrasis & the art of writingLucy Ashton, writer, artistFri 25 Apr 2-4 pmCreative Journalling for Occasional JottersMaggie Sawkins, poetFri 9 May 2-4 pmChildren’s Writing: Planning, Purpose, AudienceGary Fyles, author, publisherFri 23 May 2-4 pmWriting from FolkloreVictoria Leslie, novelist, researcherFri 13 June 2-4 pmWriting what you know v. researching what you don’tChristine Lawrence, novelist, actorFri 27 June 2-4 pmWriting for Procrastinators (Part 2 of 3)William Sutton, novelistFri 11 July 2-4 pmMeeting Your MuseAlison Habens, novelist, poetFri 25 July 2-4 pmExperimental WritingTom Sykes, journalist, novelistFri 16 AugSUMMER BREAK Fri 30 Aug 2-4 pmPortsmouth Writers Hub social (£5 donation)William Sutton et al.Fri 12 Sept 2-4 pmTBC Fri 26 Sept 2-4 pmWriting for Procrastinators (3 of 3)William Sutton, novelistFri 10 Oct 2-4 pmWorkshops and Reading for Engaging ChildrenGary Fyles, author, publisherTBCThe Art of Letter Writing & Epistolary Verse.Maggie Sawkins, poetFri 14 Nov 2-4 pmEco-writingVictoria Leslie, novelist, researcher“Thank you for a great course: am writing!”
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