The links below lead to ten writing tips by well-known writers. They make interesting reading and there’s some sage advice. Scribble away…
Courses in Lancashire
Writing Tips
Friday, February 4th, 2011Writing a script? Read this…
Saturday, November 19th, 2011Cath Bore - Liverpool Writer About Town, has many writing hats. She writes for Hello magazine in her blog The Full Picture. She writes scripts, musicals and crime novels, and has a regular guest spot on various local radio stations. Anyway, here’s a blog post of Cath’s that might be of interest if you are a writer seeking advice on writing a treatment.
Volunteer Bursary for an Inspiring Writer at the Arvon Foundation
Wednesday, June 15th, 2011Grants for volunteers
An anonymous writer, who has benefitted from several Arvon courses, would like to enable others to have the same experience. The donor will provide a yearly amount which will enable one person working in the voluntary sector to attend an Arvon writing course for a greatly reduced fee. To apply you must currently volunteer either full or part time within a charity or voluntary organisation. Applications will not be accepted from professional writers or those already making a living from writing.
To apply for this grant you should download our Grant Application pack (pdf, 357kB), which also includes details of our grants for those on low incomes. [Read more...]
The Arvon Foundation – creative writing courses
Monday, July 19th, 2010The Arvon Foundation provides wonderful opportunities for writers of any and every genre. The courses are residential and take place in lovely old houses in beautiful parts of Britain. There are four centres each offering their own range of creative writing courses:
Moniack Mhor in Beuly, Inverness-shire
Lumb Bank in Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire
The Hurst in Craven Arms, Shropshire
Totleigh Barton in Beaworthy, Devon
In the summer of 2006, I attended a screen-writing course at Totleigh Barton and it was one of the best courses I have ever been on. The tutors were Allegra Huston (Anjelica’s sister) and David Pirie, who wrote the screenplay for Lars Von Trier’s Breaking the Waves. There were about 16 of us in total, from all over the country, plus a woman from America. We spent the mornings in workshops with the tutors and the afternoons concentrating on our writing. During the week we also had one-to-one sessions with both tutors. In the evenings we helped to prepare and cook the evening meal and there was a rota for washing up. I slept in a converted pig pen and one morning managed to lock myself out of my room after taking a shower and had to sit down to breakfast in my pyjamas!
The 100 most beautiful words in English (apparently)
Thursday, September 1st, 2011
Saw this link on Twitter and thought it was quite interesting. It is American though, so the definition of a bungalow as being ” A small, cozy cottage” is not, I imagine, how most English people would describe one.
Script analysis of The King’s Speech
Thursday, February 3rd, 2011The Script Factory website is currently displaying an informative article analysing the success of the film the King’s Speech. The Script Factory runs professional courses in script-writing, script-editing and script-reading. Unfortunately for us, they are based in London.
Reel Surreal begins today
Thursday, November 26th, 2009Our Reel Surreal course begins today. I pop down to meet the participants. What an interesting, eclectic group of people, the majority of whom are new learners to WEA. I really hope that they and the tutor Merethe, enjoy the course. We’re all off to a screening of Bady Minck at the Cornerhouse later, which I’m looking forward to seeing.
Rachel Abbott, our Manchester Media Ambassador, will also join us for the screening. Over the coming months Rachel will be attending some of the trips to the cultural venues to capture learners on film and video for the website.
Well, I’ve just got home after the screening of Bady Minck. Most interesting indeed. The curator of the Angels of Anarchy, Dr Patricia Allmer, gave an impassioned introduction to the films and then we sat back and watched as visions of strangeness filled the screen. I have asked the participants of the Reel Surreal line to write a review of the films. With their permission, I shall post any forthcoming reviews on the website.
Read all about it
Tuesday, October 11th, 2011Here’s a link to the stories and biographies of the shortlisted entries for the Manchester Fiction Prize. Bet they’re all very excited to have been chosen.
New writing & reading installation
Friday, June 17th, 2011Liam’s Video – Up High
Wednesday, June 8th, 2011