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SUMMARY:Genre Minigoals
DESCRIPTION:Minigoals is an informal space to discuss your writing with your peers\, set achievable goals and motivate each other. Genre minigoals is for Squad members writing in any genre (e.g. sci-fi\, fantasy\, romance…). For the link\, email libby@writingsquad.com.
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/genre-minigoals-3/
LOCATION:Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20241211T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20241211T193000
DTSTAMP:20260404T101122
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SUMMARY:Genre Minigoals
DESCRIPTION:Minigoals is an informal space to discuss your writing with your peers\, set achievable goals and motivate each other. Genre minigoals is for Squad members writing in any genre (e.g. sci-fi\, fantasy\, romance…). For the link\, email libby@writingsquad.com.
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/genre-minigoals-2/
LOCATION:Zoom
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20241209T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20241209T210000
DTSTAMP:20260404T101122
CREATED:20241022T094837Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241022T094837Z
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SUMMARY:Squad 11 Minigoals
DESCRIPTION:Minigoals is an informal space to discuss your writing with your peers\, set achievable goals and motivate each other. This is exclusively for Squad 11. For the Zoom link\, email libby@writingsquad.com.
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/squad-11-minigoals-7/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20241113T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20241113T193000
DTSTAMP:20260404T101122
CREATED:20241022T094956Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241022T094956Z
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SUMMARY:Genre Minigoals
DESCRIPTION:Minigoals is an informal space to discuss your writing with your peers\, set achievable goals and motivate each other. Genre minigoals is for Squad members writing in any genre (e.g. sci-fi\, fantasy\, romance…). For the link\, email libby@writingsquad.com.
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/genre-minigoals/
LOCATION:Zoom
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20241111T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20241111T210000
DTSTAMP:20260404T101122
CREATED:20241022T094738Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241022T094738Z
UID:11983-1731353400-1731358800@www.writingsquad.com
SUMMARY:Squad 11 Minigoals
DESCRIPTION:Minigoals is an informal space to discuss your writing with your peers\, set achievable goals and motivate each other. This is exclusively for Squad 11. For the Zoom link\, email libby@writingsquad.com.
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/squad-11-minigoals-6/
LOCATION:Zoom
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20241109T110000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20241109T160000
DTSTAMP:20260404T101122
CREATED:20240918T142832Z
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SUMMARY:Keeping it Short with David Gaffney
DESCRIPTION:Learn how to reduce ideas to an ultra-short format; how to condense\, yet keep your story effective\, powerful and easy to understand. \nCan you tell a story in fewer than 500 words? David Gaffney thinks you can\, and in this workshop you will learn how to reduce ideas to an ultra-short format\, how to condense\, yet keep your story effective\, powerful and easy to understand\, how to manage character\, description\, point of view and dialogue in the ultra short story\, and how to reduce a thousand words to 150 without losing a thing. Full of practical\, fun exercises\, this session will leave you wondering why anything has to be longer than a side of A4. \nSign up from the Squad newsletter\, or email Libby: libby@writingsquad.com.
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/keeping-it-short-with-david-gaffney/
LOCATION:Manchester\, Manchester
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20241107T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20241107T210000
DTSTAMP:20260404T101122
CREATED:20240918T142647Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240918T142647Z
UID:11918-1731007800-1731013200@www.writingsquad.com
SUMMARY:Neurodivergent Writers Online Open Discussion
DESCRIPTION:This online discussion is a chance for Neurodivergent Squad members to connect with each other and share their experience. \nSignup details in Squad newsletter – or email libby@writingsquad.com.
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/neurodivergent-writers-online-open-discussion/
LOCATION:Zoom
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20241019T110000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20241019T160000
DTSTAMP:20260404T101122
CREATED:20240918T142546Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240918T142546Z
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SUMMARY:Writing from Dreams with Sarah Fletcher
DESCRIPTION:A session with poet Sarah Fletcher delving into the obscured world of dreams. Are you out like a light? Dead to the world? More like a rock\, a log\, or a baby? The language we use around sleep\, dreams\, and bedtime is rich with creative possibilities. Let’s delve together into this obscured world\, drawing inspiration from a range of poets\, from Williams Wordsworth to Sharon Olds to Lucille Clifton. \nSignup details in Squad newsletter – or email libby@writingsquad.com.
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/writing-from-dreams-with-sarah-fletcher/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20241017T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20241017T210000
DTSTAMP:20260404T101122
CREATED:20240918T142433Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240918T142433Z
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SUMMARY:Squad Maxi Goals
DESCRIPTION:A chance to set big (but achievable!) longer-term goals for your creative work with fellow Squaddies. \nWe have had minigoals for some time\, and we have definitely kept those goals mini! But in feedback you’ve told us that you’d like an opportunity to set some big goals – something you want to achieve over the next six months or a year! \nSo this is it! Same format as minis – everyone gets a chance to talk about where they’re at and tell us what their goal is. We’ll have another meeting in six months time to check in and see how we’re all doing. \nSignup details in Squad newsletter – or email libby@writingsquad.com.
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/squad-maxi-goals/
LOCATION:Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20241012T110000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20241012T160000
DTSTAMP:20260404T101122
CREATED:20240918T142317Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240918T142317Z
UID:11911-1728730800-1728748800@www.writingsquad.com
SUMMARY:Writing Audio Drama with Georgia Affonso
DESCRIPTION:In this workshop we will be exploring what the format of audio-drama offers us as storytellers. We will focus on the sound worlds of ourselves and our characters. How does sound operate in our lives? How do we control\, react\, create or avoid it? We will also explore the voice\, and how we can create distinctive characters through their dialogue. Lorna Newman (Producer\, BBC Studios Audio Drama North) will also share her expertise on pitching and the commissioning process so bring your questions!This workshop is for anyone who is curious about audio-drama – whether you’ve already got a polished script or are looking for where to start. \nSignup details in Squad newsletter – or email libby@writingsquad.com.
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/writing-audio-drama-with-georgia-affonso/
LOCATION:Hilton York
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240928T110000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240928T170000
DTSTAMP:20260404T101122
CREATED:20240918T142150Z
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SUMMARY:A Viaduct and Two Rivers with Steve Dearden
DESCRIPTION:Helen Clapcott paints Stockport past\, present\, future and imagined\, all in the same frame\, focussing on a square mile in the town centre. \nThis workshop takes place in Stockport Art Gallery on the opening day of her first major retrospective. \nLed by Steve Dearden\, we’ll go for a walk before returning to the gallery to use Helen’s paintings and drawings as starting points to write through the prism of place\, crunching perspectives and time in our writing\, whatever form you are using. \nSignup details in Squad newsletter – or email libby@writingsquad.com.
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/a-viaduct-and-two-rivers-with-steve-dearden/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240921T110000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240921T170000
DTSTAMP:20260404T101122
CREATED:20240918T142017Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240918T142017Z
UID:11905-1726916400-1726938000@www.writingsquad.com
SUMMARY:Writing the Archive 2: Noticing the Unnoticed
DESCRIPTION:How do we create in the wake of the archive? In this workshop\, we will explore ways of handling\, writing and responding to the archive. \n  \nSignup details in Squad newsletter – or email libby@writingsquad.com.
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/writing-the-archive-2-noticing-the-unnoticed/
LOCATION:Manchester Poetry Library
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20231211T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20231211T203000
DTSTAMP:20260404T101122
CREATED:20230810T132247Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231013T095807Z
UID:11171-1702321200-1702326600@www.writingsquad.com
SUMMARY:Squad 11 Minigoals
DESCRIPTION:Minigoals are a relaxed\, informal way to check in about your writing\, share cultural highlights and support one another’s progress. This monthly Zoom meeting is exclusively for Squad 11 members. If you haven’t received the link\, contact libby@writingsquad.com.
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/squad-11-minigoals-5/
LOCATION:Zoom
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20231113T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20231113T203000
DTSTAMP:20260404T101122
CREATED:20230810T132157Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230810T132157Z
UID:11169-1699902000-1699907400@www.writingsquad.com
SUMMARY:Squad 11 Minigoals
DESCRIPTION:Minigoals are a relaxed\, informal way to check in about your writing\, share cultural highlights and support one another’s progress. This monthly Zoom meeting is exclusively for Squad 11 members. If you haven’t received the link\, contact libby@writingsquad.com.
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/squad-11-minigoals-4/
LOCATION:Zoom
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20231009T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20231009T203000
DTSTAMP:20260404T101122
CREATED:20230810T132110Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230810T132110Z
UID:11167-1696878000-1696883400@www.writingsquad.com
SUMMARY:Squad 11 Minigoals
DESCRIPTION:Minigoals are a relaxed\, informal way to check in about your writing\, share cultural highlights and support one another’s progress. This monthly Zoom meeting is exclusively for Squad 11 members. If you haven’t received the link\, contact libby@writingsquad.com.
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/squad-11-minigoals-3/
LOCATION:Zoom
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230923T110000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230923T160000
DTSTAMP:20260404T101122
CREATED:20230810T132505Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230810T132505Z
UID:11173-1695466800-1695484800@www.writingsquad.com
SUMMARY:The Fire of the Unconscious with Jason Allen-Paisant: Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Join award-winning poet\, scholar and writer Jason Allen-Paisant in exploring surprise\, intrigue and the unconscious through poetry. \n\n\n\nThis workshop is exclusively for graduate members of The Writing Squad. If you are in Squad 11 and would like to join the waiting list\, email libby@writingsquad.com. \nDiscover the benefits and rewards of creating surprise in our poetry; of surprising one’s reader and oneself. We’ll be talking associative leaps and swerves\, the power of juxtaposition\, and about disrupting the familiar. \nWe’ll look at poems that interrogate the assumed universality of the lyric voice. All in all\, what we’ll be looking at are ways of firing up the unconscious and thereby creating excitement and intrigue in our poetry. We will look at work by poets as varied as Padraig Regan\, Ilya Kaminsky\, Jill Bialosky\, and Ada Limón.
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/the-fire-of-the-unconscious-with-jason-allen-paisant-workshop/
LOCATION:Leeds
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230911T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230911T203000
DTSTAMP:20260404T101122
CREATED:20230810T131857Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230810T131857Z
UID:11164-1694458800-1694464200@www.writingsquad.com
SUMMARY:Squad 11 Minigoals
DESCRIPTION:Minigoals are a relaxed\, informal way to check in about your writing\, share cultural highlights and support one another’s progress. This monthly Zoom meeting is exclusively for Squad 11 members. If you haven’t received the link\, contact libby@writingsquad.com.
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/squad-11-minigoals-2/
LOCATION:Zoom
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230831T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230831T210000
DTSTAMP:20260404T101122
CREATED:20230724T125810Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230724T125810Z
UID:11154-1693510200-1693515600@www.writingsquad.com
SUMMARY:Rebel Geese & Cute Rats: Writing Urban Nature Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Open to Squad grads. If you are in Squad 11 and would like to join\, email libby@writingsquad.com. \nAn uplifting workshop with Liz Gibson exploring urban nature’s resilience\, quirkiness and comfort. Ready to declare your love for pigeons\, or make peace with the seagull who stole your lunch? Liz Gibson will lead this session\, using writing exercises to explore how we can find joy in creatures which are often looked down on. How can we relate to city creatures through ideas of resilience\, feeling out of place but wanting to thrive or be seen? \nTHURSDAY 31 AUGUST\, ZOOM. MORE DETAILS AND SIGN UP HERE.
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/rebel-geese-cute-rats-writing-urban-nature-workshop/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230817T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230817T210000
DTSTAMP:20260404T101122
CREATED:20230724T125236Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230724T125236Z
UID:11152-1692300600-1692306000@www.writingsquad.com
SUMMARY:Squad Dramatist Forum
DESCRIPTION:Open to all Squads.  \nA forum for Writing Squad dramatists to create a playwrights’ plan of action with Billie and Emma. \nSince Autumn 2022\, Emma and Billie have been been speaking to a range of new-writing theatres across the country. They’ve used these conversations to create a picture of where buildings are at when it comes to commissioning\, developing and producing new work. This session will be an open forum for Squad dramatists – Emma and Billie will present their findings and proposals\, and together we’ll shape a plan of action. It’s a space for us to pool our knowledge\, discuss what we need and want as playwrights and how we can develop realistic\, meaningful relationships with venues across the North and beyond. \nTHURSDAY 17 AUGUST\, ZOOM. MORE DETAILS AND SIGN UP HERE.\n\n 
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/squad-dramatist-forum/
LOCATION:Zoom
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230807T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230807T203000
DTSTAMP:20260404T101122
CREATED:20230724T125041Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230724T125041Z
UID:11150-1691434800-1691440200@www.writingsquad.com
SUMMARY:Squad 11 Minigoals
DESCRIPTION:Exclusively for Squad 11. \nMinigoals are a relaxed\, informal way to check in about your writing\, share cultural highlights and support one another’s progress. This monthly meeting is exclusively for Squad 11 members. If you haven’t received your invitation\, contact libby@writingsquad.com. \n 
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/squad-11-minigoals/
LOCATION:Zoom
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230731T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230731T193000
DTSTAMP:20260404T101122
CREATED:20230524T120219Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230524T120219Z
UID:11061-1690826400-1690831800@www.writingsquad.com
SUMMARY:SFF Minigoals
DESCRIPTION:Online SFF (Science Fiction/Fantasy) minigoals session for members of The Writing Squad. This event takes place every 4 weeks. \nTopic: SFF Minigoals\nTime: Jul 31\, 2023 06:00 PM \nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://us06web.zoom.us/j/83468564155?pwd=eDBRTVd6Vjhab2dJR0p1THBsNzMrZz09 \nMeeting ID: 834 6856 4155\nPasscode: 222430
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/sff-minigoals-6/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230715T110000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230715T160000
DTSTAMP:20260404T101122
CREATED:20230601T132326Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230601T132326Z
UID:11087-1689418800-1689436800@www.writingsquad.com
SUMMARY:Mining for Stories with Katie Hale: Workshop
DESCRIPTION:SQUAD 11 WORKSHOP. TICKETS HERE. \nIt’s a great feeling when inspiration strikes – but where do we look for stories when it doesn’t? Whether it’s our own lives\, local uncelebrated stories\, or taking inspiration from other art forms\, we’ll be looking at where can we dig to excavate those glittering possibilities – and how we might tell those stories once we’ve found them. \nAs well as a chance to get to know each other and write together\, this workshop will introduce starting points for new stories and ways to develop existing work – with a series of shorter prompts and exercises\, and time for a slightly longer piece of writing in the afternoon. \nYou will need to bring something to write on/with. You may also want to bring a drink/food\, although there will be a break with the chance to go out to buy lunch. \nThis workshop is primarily for Squad 11\, if you are a grad and want to be put on the waiting list please email libby@writingsquad.com.
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/mining-for-stories-with-katie-hale-workshop/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230712T183000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230712T200000
DTSTAMP:20260404T101122
CREATED:20230524T120113Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230524T120113Z
UID:11059-1689186600-1689192000@www.writingsquad.com
SUMMARY:Poets Minigoals
DESCRIPTION:Online poets minigoals session for members of The Writing Squad. This event takes place every 3 weeks. \nTopic: Poets Minigoals\nTime: Jul 12\, 2023 06:30 PM \nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://us06web.zoom.us/j/84103311644?pwd=WkdUU1RZNzAyT29ydWNuaWpPalcxUT09 \nMeeting ID: 841 0331 1644\nPasscode: 425183
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/poets-minigoals-12/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230703T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230703T193000
DTSTAMP:20260404T101122
CREATED:20230524T120006Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230524T120006Z
UID:11057-1688407200-1688412600@www.writingsquad.com
SUMMARY:SFF Minigoals
DESCRIPTION:Online SFF (Science Fiction/Fantasy) minigoals session for members of The Writing Squad. This event takes place every 4 weeks. \nTopic: SFF Minigoals\nTime: Jul 3\, 2023 06:00 PM \nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://us06web.zoom.us/j/87318326356?pwd=S3EvTUhSajJDTG8zNGtLeC9ITm5rUT09 \nMeeting ID: 873 1832 6356\nPasscode: 829099
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/sff-minigoals-5/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230701T110000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230701T160000
DTSTAMP:20260404T101122
CREATED:20230601T132151Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230601T132151Z
UID:11085-1688209200-1688227200@www.writingsquad.com
SUMMARY:How to Find Your Focus with Emma Adams: Workshop
DESCRIPTION:SQUAD 11 WORKSHOP. TICKETS HERE. \nWe all want to get stuff done\, right? But it can be hard knowing how to develop a writing practice that is right for you. \nHow do you get things done but not freak out trying to do it? How do you find your own voice? How do you become the writer you want to be? \nEmma is not convinced that any of us do our best work when we’re focused on the product and thinks it’s better to focus on the process and allow the product to emerge. This not only makes writing more fun\, but also in the end\, more productive. \nIf you’ve ever found yourself thinking… \nHow do I find ‘my voice’? How do I work out what I want to write? How do I make time to write? How do I find ways to start a project\, keep working on a project &/or or finish a project? \n… This workshop might be useful for you. \nDuring our time together we’ll explore this premise – If we spend more time thinking about our writing as ‘play’ rather than as ‘work’\, then we’ll have more fun\, get more done and importantly write stuff that is truly the stuff we should be writing (not the stuff we think we ought to write). \nThis workshop will be come through the prism of dramatic writing (plays\, telly\, film\, drama) but every kind of writer is welcome and you’ll find plenty here that will be useful across the board. \nDuring this workshop we’ll be doing some or all of these things: \nWriting together. Talking to each other\, sharing ideas\, thinking\, listening\, speaking. We might do some drawing or making too. As a lot of the workshop will come out of the ideas we share together\, come prepared for surprises\, for listening and trying out new ways of doing stuff. \nYou should bring something to write on/with\, a drink and/or food\, although there will be a lunch break in which you’re welcome to go out to buy lunch. \n  \nThis workshop is primarily for Squad 11\, if you are a grad and want to be put on the waiting list please email libby@writingsquad.com.
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/how-to-find-your-focus-with-emma-adams-workshop/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230621T183000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230621T200000
DTSTAMP:20260404T101122
CREATED:20230524T115854Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230524T115854Z
UID:11055-1687372200-1687377600@www.writingsquad.com
SUMMARY:Poets Minigoals
DESCRIPTION:Online poets minigoals session for members of The Writing Squad. This event takes place every 3 weeks. \nTopic: Poets Minigoals\nTime: Jun 21\, 2023 06:30 PM \nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://us06web.zoom.us/j/89569802490?pwd=RnhWOWdBZUo2WWd2cmthSkpNcnNKZz09 \nMeeting ID: 895 6980 2490\nPasscode: 951457
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/poets-minigoals-11/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230617T110000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230617T160000
DTSTAMP:20260404T101122
CREATED:20230601T131950Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230601T131950Z
UID:11083-1686999600-1687017600@www.writingsquad.com
SUMMARY:Experiments & Play with Stevie Ronnie: Workshop
DESCRIPTION:SQUAD 11 WORKSHOP. TICKETS HERE. \nIn this workshop we will be exploring how playing with words and using constraints can help us to overcome the blank page and generate new and original ideas for our writing. \nWe’ll begin by playing with the music and rhythm of words\, generating poems and exploring the power of recognising and switching between our critical and creative mindsets. We’ll then move on to explore experimental techniques in both poetry and prose that were pioneered by the 1960’s French surrealist group Oulipo (short for “Ouvrior de Littérature Potentielle” or “Workshop of Potential Literature\,” in English). The founders of Oulipo believed that the only way to be truly free in your writing was to impose constraints on the process of composition. \nDuring the workshop we’ll also be playing with and reflecting on collaboration and how working with others can open up new possibilities for our writing. \nYou should bring something to write on/with. You may also want to bring some water and food if you like\, although there will be a break during which you’re welcome to go out and buy food. \n  \nThis workshop is primarily for Squad 11\, if you are a grad and want to be put on the waiting list please email libby@writingsquad.com.
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/experiments-play-with-stevie-ronnie-workshop/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230610T110000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230610T160000
DTSTAMP:20260404T101122
CREATED:20230601T120510Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230601T120510Z
UID:11081-1686394800-1686412800@www.writingsquad.com
SUMMARY:Kick-starters with Malika Booker: Workshop
DESCRIPTION:THIS WORKSHOP IS ONLY FOR SQUAD 11. BOOK HERE. \nA common symptom of the belief that writing is a gift achieved only through instant inspiration is being defeated by the blank page\, writers block\, or sitting to write the master piece and being consistently unhappy with the results on the page. This workshop will explore and experiment with different strategies for kick starting writing. The aim is to leave with several drafts as well as starting lines for poems. We will use journals\, freewrites\, objects\, word banks\, rhyme trains\, and exploratory walks etc to gather\, tinker\, play and fiddle with strategies for handling that empty page. We will cast various fishing lines to see what baits work for us. \n  \nYou are required to bring the following: a discarded poem/ prose piece (a piece of work that you have been working on that just does not work\, please print it out 2 hard copies\, 14 font\, double spaced\, single side)\, a favourite or unusual word from the dictionary with the meaning and history\, scissors\, glue sticks and notebooks. You may also want to bring a drink/food\, although there will be a break in which you’re welcome to go out to buy lunch. Be prepared to have fun. \n  \nThis workshop is primarily for Squad 11\, if you are a grad and want to be put on the waiting list please email libby@writingsquad.com. \n 
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/kick-starters-with-malika-booker-workshop/
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UID:11051-1685988000-1685993400@www.writingsquad.com
SUMMARY:SFF Minigoals
DESCRIPTION:Online SFF (Science Fiction/Fantasy) minigoals session for members of The Writing Squad. This event takes place every 4 weeks. \nTopic:  SFF Minigoals\nTime: Jun 5\, 2023 06:00 PM London \nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://us06web.zoom.us/j/86051076066?pwd=b205RkVOQVoxd2g3eERMNFhURkUrQT09 \nMeeting ID: 860 5107 6066\nPasscode: 142924
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/sff-minigoals-4/
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UID:11053-1684953000-1684958400@www.writingsquad.com
SUMMARY:Poets Minigoals
DESCRIPTION:Online poets minigoals session for members of The Writing Squad. This event takes place every 3 weeks. \nTopic: Poets Minigoals\nTime: May 31\, 2023 06:30 PM \nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://us06web.zoom.us/j/83233059522?pwd=cCswMnFhbFFiYjVLb3VJWldUa0RzQT09 \nMeeting ID: 832 3305 9522\nPasscode: 632646
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/poets-minigoals-10/
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