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Top US Script Consultant Julie Gray comes to the UK to teach her Warner Brothers screenwriters’ workshop
This March you have the chance to learn key screenwriting skills from Script Consultant Julie Gray. Julie describes her two-day workshops as “fun, participatory and designed to help aspiring screenwriters learn the tools necessary to not only test ideas for originality but also to outline effectively and write unforgettable characters.”
LIVE EAST offers free Journalism workshops for aspiring writers aged from 12 to 22
LIVE EAST - a magazine by young people, for young people - is beginning a series of free Introduction to Journalism workshops for writers aged between 12 and 22 years old. Workshops will run for six weeks with the same workshop repeated on Wednesdays and Fridays. The first cycle runs from Friday February 12th.
Show of Strength Theatre Company brings free writing workshops to Bristol and Exeter
What is the purpose of a theatre? To provide actors with a place to act, to entertain the masses? Perhaps, from a writer’s point of view, it’s main purpose is to showcase the work of playwrights. Show of Strength Theatre Company takes this a step further by providing free scriptwriting workshops, and helping aspiring playwrights to emerge.
Writers are invited to attend ‘Authors for Dinner’ at The Sussex House Party in January and February
The idea was simple; we have the space – three acres of woodland – and we love the company of writers, so why not invite them over? Our next gathering happens on January 16th, when award-winning short story writer, Vanessa Gebbie will be at the Sussex House Party for dinner to talk Flash Fiction.
Study for a ‘Mix-tape’ Media MA with Bournemouth University
Bournemouth University has launched a new range of short courses for media professionals, including Editorial Leadership, Entrepreneurial Journalism and Scriptwriting. There are more than 30 to choose from, so you can take just one or create a pick-n-mix MA that’s tailored to your interests and needs.
Learn to pitch to editors and sell features with Susan Grossman’s latest workshop
With the marketplace for freelance journalists becoming increasingly challenging throughout 2010, begin 2010 by improving your chances of landing that dream writing commission with a one-day workshop by magazine editor Susan Grossman. This course covers writing compelling synopses that get results.
Improve your writing skills by signing up to a Literary Chicks course in 2010
If you yearn to go on a writing course, but can’t commit to one at your local university or college, Deany Judd’s latest venture may hold the answer. Freelance journalist Deany is launching a new website called Literary Chicks, offering a variety of online writing courses for newspaper, magazine and publishing markets.
Mitzi Szereto invites you to join her for a weekend of Literotica writing
If you’ve always fancied turning your creativity towards writing erotica, author and anthologist Mitzi Szereto may be just the woman to help you out. Mitzi has taught erotic writing workshop at venues as varied as the prestigious Cheltenham Festival of Literature to the Greek islands, and now she’s offering a weekend course in erotic writing on the Isle of Wight.

