Creative Writing Group
Welcome to the Creative Writing Group page! The meetings will last approximately 2
hours including a break for refreshments to fuel our creative ideas.
At each meeting, we will discuss the pieces of work we have written and submitted by
email during the previous month, and decide which theme/topic to write about over the
next month for the following meeting.
An example of themes could be a cafe scene, a story around a picture or postcard, or
finding unusual words in the dictionary and incorporating them into a story. Another idea
could be for each member to write a piece of dialogue for a character in a short play, in
fact we have done just that for the Playscript Reading group. There are many more ideas
and topics to explore. Each member can take it in turns to choose the theme or we can
experiment so that we have fun with our new-found creativity. It doesn’t matter if there
are grammar or spelling errors, as the point of the group is to be creative. We will all bring
different experience, strengths and ideas to the group, and we can discuss what we want
to achieve as we go along.
An agreed word limit will be set for each piece. We sometimes produce a Drabble - a
specific number of words e.g. 100 can be a fun challenge. We have also worked on a
specific “starter” to see how we could develop it.
Meeting: 2 nd Wednesday of each month 1:30pm
Venue: Members’ homes including Great Dunham
Cost: We make a contribution to refreshment costs
Co-Ordinator: Mike Upton
Email [email protected]
hours including a break for refreshments to fuel our creative ideas.
At each meeting, we will discuss the pieces of work we have written and submitted by
email during the previous month, and decide which theme/topic to write about over the
next month for the following meeting.
An example of themes could be a cafe scene, a story around a picture or postcard, or
finding unusual words in the dictionary and incorporating them into a story. Another idea
could be for each member to write a piece of dialogue for a character in a short play, in
fact we have done just that for the Playscript Reading group. There are many more ideas
and topics to explore. Each member can take it in turns to choose the theme or we can
experiment so that we have fun with our new-found creativity. It doesn’t matter if there
are grammar or spelling errors, as the point of the group is to be creative. We will all bring
different experience, strengths and ideas to the group, and we can discuss what we want
to achieve as we go along.
An agreed word limit will be set for each piece. We sometimes produce a Drabble - a
specific number of words e.g. 100 can be a fun challenge. We have also worked on a
specific “starter” to see how we could develop it.
Meeting: 2 nd Wednesday of each month 1:30pm
Venue: Members’ homes including Great Dunham
Cost: We make a contribution to refreshment costs
Co-Ordinator: Mike Upton
Email [email protected]