courses for writers

Courses for writers

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Courses for writers

If you have ever had the dream of writing or being a writer this course is guaranteed to make your dream come true!

Inspired by the revolutionary ideas of two renowned teachers of creativity Juliet Cameron and Natalie Goldberg the courses are designed to identify what it is that prevents you writing, how to release the powers of your imagination and how to bring focused writing into your everyday life for whatever purpose you choose; stories, autobiography, screenplays, magazine articles, poems, letters, journals, or shopping lists!

Part time evening (ten/twelve 2 hour sessions) and weekend courses are held at Harbour House, Kingsbridge, Devon during the winter and spring.

If you have a group who wish to work with a ‘Just Write,’ course please contact Michael for costs and possibilities at melsmere@hotmail.com

Michael taught English language and literature at a variety of educational establishments around the world from primary to university level. He has been facilitating writing courses since 1982 and began writing for publication in 2000. His debut children’s story ‘Rufus and the Biggest Diamond in the World’ is being published by Libros International in the autumn/winter 2007.

His second children’s novel ‘When the Woods Went Walking’, is awaiting a publisher.

He is presently working on a novel for teenagers based in the near future when global warming and peak oil have had devastating effects on life in Britain.

He has also written many short stories, two screen plays and a number of poems.

Left Bank

During the 1920/30s the Left Bank in Paris became a mecca for writers such as Hemingway, Scott Fitzgerald, Anais Nin, Jean Rhys, Ford Maddox Ford and Henry Miller. Here amidst the warren of streets with their numerous bars, cafes and cheap apartments they could discuss, drink, gossip, inspire each other and of course write.

Left Bank at Harbour House at Harbour House Kingsbridge is an attempt to create, in part, this informal atmosphere and creative ferment! The three hour sessions on Saturday mornings will provide information, inspiration and the supportive company of other writers.

Aimed at a range of writers from those with several pieces of work already completed to those who only have dreams of beginning, the first few sessions will introduce strategies and issues likely to be of interest to any writer. Later sessions will be developed out of the stated needs and aspirations of the group but might include news, sessions with established authors and critiques on work in progress.

There will be plenty of time given over to discussion, debate and question and answer sessions and there will always be a space in which to just write!

If you wish to join a Left Bank session or to request Michael to lead a similar event for a writer’s group please contact him at melsmere@hotmail.com

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