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UID:9551-1636651800-1636657200@www.writingsquad.com
SUMMARY:Awesome Poetry: I'm OK\, I'm Pig!
DESCRIPTION:One of the very best ways to become a better writer is to read widely and thoughtfully. Building on Emma and Matt’s great work in establishing the Awesome Play Text / Screenplay Reading Club\, and Francesca’s prose club\, Malika and Stevie are hosting the Awesome Poetry Reading Club to focus on how we can read as writers. \nIf you want to join us\, then here’s what you need to know: \nThis session will focus on Kim Hyesoon’s I’m OK\, I’m Pig! The text can be purchased here. \nKim Hyesoon is one of South Korea’s most important contemporary poets. She began publishing in 1979 and was one of the first few women in South Korea to be published in Munhak kwa jisong (Literature and Intellect)\, one of two key journals which championed the intellectual and literary movement against the US-backed military dictatorships of Park Chung Hee and Chun Doo Hwan in the 1970s and 80s.
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/awesome-poetry-im-ok-im-pig/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211108T173000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211108T190000
DTSTAMP:20260403T200446
CREATED:20211104T102814Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211104T102814Z
UID:9755-1636392600-1636398000@www.writingsquad.com
SUMMARY:Script Mini Goals
DESCRIPTION:Mini goals for script writers. \nEmail billie@writingsquad.com to receive the link.
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/script-mini-goals-15/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211106T110000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211106T160000
DTSTAMP:20260403T200446
CREATED:20210823T113352Z
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UID:9549-1636196400-1636214400@www.writingsquad.com
SUMMARY:Squad Assessment Centre: Storylining
DESCRIPTION:OPEN TO ALL SQUADS\, YORK – VENUE TBC \nThis workshop will introduce you to the story process within soap. You will gain a unique insight into the way in which continuing drama hires Storyliners. Storyliners are responsible for generating ideas and structuring the story into each episode. We will also talk about what is expected from Storyliners at Story Conference where producers\, writers and commissioners all meet to discuss future blocks of content. This session will focus on Emmerdale\, so please watch two weeks of the show beforehand. The workshop will be modelled on our experience of ITV’s Assessment Centre which is part of the hiring process. During the day\, you will pitch\, develop and structure storylines\, both independently and in groups.
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/squad-assessment-centre-storylining/
LOCATION:York\, York
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211104T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211104T210000
DTSTAMP:20260403T200446
CREATED:20210823T113124Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210823T113124Z
UID:9547-1636054200-1636059600@www.writingsquad.com
SUMMARY:Rituals: How do you take your tea?
DESCRIPTION:ZOOM\, OPEN ALL SQUADS \nIn this workshop we will look at rituals and how they appear in our own lives\, what they reveal about us and how we can use them to strengthen our understanding of our characters. \nWe will also explore how disrupting these rituals can function as a plot device using examples from theatre/film as well as putting one of our characters on a bad date. \nFinally\, we will look at the big rituals\, the religious holidays\, the weddings\, the funerals – what do they offer us? What have we not seen? And what\, importantly is the best party game?
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/rituals-how-do-you-take-your-tea/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211104T173000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211104T190000
DTSTAMP:20260403T200446
CREATED:20211104T102950Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211104T102950Z
UID:9759-1636047000-1636052400@www.writingsquad.com
SUMMARY:Poets Mini Goals
DESCRIPTION:Mini Goals for poets. \nEmail billie@writingsquad.com to receive the link.
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/poets-mini-goals-37/
LOCATION:Online
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211102T173000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211102T190000
DTSTAMP:20260403T200446
CREATED:20210906T114013Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210906T114013Z
UID:9609-1635874200-1635879600@www.writingsquad.com
SUMMARY:Prose Mini Goals
DESCRIPTION:Prose Mini Goals. \nEmail billie@writingsquad.com for the link.
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/prose-mini-goals-32/
LOCATION:Online
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211101T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211101T193000
DTSTAMP:20260403T200446
CREATED:20210906T112959Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210906T112959Z
UID:9580-1635789600-1635795000@www.writingsquad.com
SUMMARY:SFF Mini Goals
DESCRIPTION:Mini goals session for science fiction and fantasy writers. \nEmail billie@writingsquad.com to get the link.
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/sff-mini-goals-9/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211030T110000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211030T160000
DTSTAMP:20260403T200446
CREATED:20210823T112938Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210823T112938Z
UID:9545-1635591600-1635609600@www.writingsquad.com
SUMMARY:Material and Materials
DESCRIPTION:SQUAD 10\, LEEDS – VENUE TBC \nA workshop in bookmaking\, writing and play with Stevie Ronnie. \nWe will be discussing the materiality of books and what affect a book’s material aspects can have on the way the reader experiences our words. We’ll consider the benefits and drawbacks for writers of producing and distributing your own work in the form of handmade books\, and explore the ways in which the practice of making can feed into our writing practice.
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/material-and-materials/
LOCATION:Leeds
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211027T173000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211027T190000
DTSTAMP:20260403T200446
CREATED:20211008T114048Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211008T114058Z
UID:9724-1635355800-1635361200@www.writingsquad.com
SUMMARY:Poets Mini Goals
DESCRIPTION:Poets mini goals. \nEmail billie@writingsquad.com for the link.
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/poets-mini-goals-36/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211026T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211026T193000
DTSTAMP:20260403T200446
CREATED:20210823T112822Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210823T112822Z
UID:9543-1635271200-1635276600@www.writingsquad.com
SUMMARY:Awesome Prose - The Road
DESCRIPTION:One of the squad’s 3 Awesome Reading groups – designed to think about how we can read as writers. \nIf you want to join us\, then here’s what you need to know: \nWe will be reading Cormac McCarthy’s The Road. The text can be bought here. \nThe Road is the astonishing post-apocalyptic and Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Cormac McCarthy. \nA father and his young son walk alone through burned America\, heading slowly for the coast. Nothing moves in the ravaged landscape save the ash on the wind. They have nothing but a pistol to defend themselves against the men who stalk the road\, the clothes they are wearing\, a cart of scavenged food – and each other.
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/awesome-prose-the-road/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211025T173000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211025T190000
DTSTAMP:20260403T200446
CREATED:20210906T113528Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210906T113528Z
UID:9598-1635183000-1635188400@www.writingsquad.com
SUMMARY:Script Mini Goals
DESCRIPTION:We are seeing how we have done with the mini-goals we set ourselves last week\, and maybe renewing them or setting new ones. \nThis is open to Squad 1-9. If you haven’t been to a previous meeting\, you are welcome to join\, just let steve@writingsquad.com know you want to come. \nYou will be sent a link before the meeting and you can go on Zoom from your computer or phone.
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/script-mini-goals-18/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211023T110000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211023T160000
DTSTAMP:20260403T200446
CREATED:20210823T112714Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210823T112714Z
UID:9541-1634986800-1635004800@www.writingsquad.com
SUMMARY:10 Things Every Story Needs
DESCRIPTION:SQUAD 10\, LEEDS – VENUE TBC \nIn this workshop\, we take Mark’s ten questions and apply them to your favourite films\, films you hated and some movie classics. Whatever your genre\, the ten tests Mark takes you through can be applied to any form of writing – scripts\, novels\, short stories and even longer narrative poems. In our last Squad evaluation someone said\, “I learned more in that workshop than I did in the whole of my MA.”
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/10-things-every-story-needs/
LOCATION:Leeds
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211020T173000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211020T190000
DTSTAMP:20260403T200446
CREATED:20211008T114026Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211008T114026Z
UID:9722-1634751000-1634756400@www.writingsquad.com
SUMMARY:Poets Mini Goals
DESCRIPTION:Poets mini goals. \nEmail billie@writingsquad.com for the link.
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/poets-mini-goals-35/
LOCATION:Online
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211019T173000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211019T190000
DTSTAMP:20260403T200446
CREATED:20210906T113951Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210906T113951Z
UID:9607-1634664600-1634670000@www.writingsquad.com
SUMMARY:Prose Mini Goals
DESCRIPTION:Prose Mini Goals. \nEmail billie@writingsquad.com for the link.
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/prose-mini-goals-31/
LOCATION:Online
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211018T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211018T193000
DTSTAMP:20260403T200446
CREATED:20210906T113122Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210906T113122Z
UID:9586-1634580000-1634585400@www.writingsquad.com
SUMMARY:Squad 10 Mini Goals
DESCRIPTION:Squad 10 mini goals session. \nEmail billie@writingsquad.com to get the link.
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/squad-10-mini-goals-8/
LOCATION:Online
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211014T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211014T210000
DTSTAMP:20260403T200446
CREATED:20210823T112510Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210823T112510Z
UID:9539-1634239800-1634245200@www.writingsquad.com
SUMMARY:Yes\, Poetry Can Handle This - Writing the Unpoetic
DESCRIPTION:ZOOM\, OPEN ALL SQUADS \nThis workshop looks at the thematic boundaries of poetry – the gnarly\, uncomfortable edges – and asks how we can write about things that are inherently unpoetic. There’s a tension between being gratuitously unpleasant vs. making good art that says the unsaid. We’re going to think about where that line is and how we can navigate it.
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/yes-poetry-can-handle-this-writing-the-unpoetic/
LOCATION:Online
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211013T173000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211013T190000
DTSTAMP:20260403T200446
CREATED:20211008T114003Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211008T114003Z
UID:9720-1634146200-1634151600@www.writingsquad.com
SUMMARY:Poets Mini Goals
DESCRIPTION:Poets mini goals. \nEmail billie@writingsquad.com for the link.
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/poets-mini-goals-34/
LOCATION:Online
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211011T173000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211011T190000
DTSTAMP:20260403T200446
CREATED:20210906T113457Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210906T113457Z
UID:9596-1633973400-1633978800@www.writingsquad.com
SUMMARY:Script Mini Goals
DESCRIPTION:We are seeing how we have done with the mini-goals we set ourselves last week\, and maybe renewing them or setting new ones. \nThis is open to Squad 1-9. If you haven’t been to a previous meeting\, you are welcome to join\, just let steve@writingsquad.com know you want to come. \nYou will be sent a link before the meeting and you can go on Zoom from your computer or phone.
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/script-mini-goals-17/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211009T110000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211009T160000
DTSTAMP:20260403T200446
CREATED:20210823T112223Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210823T112223Z
UID:9537-1633777200-1633795200@www.writingsquad.com
SUMMARY:Making Visible with Andrew McMillan
DESCRIPTION:SQUAD 10\, MANCHESTER – VENUE TBC \nAndrew’s third and latest collection\, pandemonium\, is an extraordinary raw exploration of fracture and distance\, of the mind and the body in trouble. Andrew says\, “one of the things I realise pandemonium one is trying to do is discover how to make the internal\, the emotional\, visible in a poem.” \nIn a practical workshop of reading examples and writing exercises Andrew will lead us in exploring the personal and how unseen things can make themselves visible in poems.
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/making-visible-with-andrew-mcmillan/
LOCATION:Manchester\, Manchester
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211007T173000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211007T180000
DTSTAMP:20260403T200446
CREATED:20210906T113932Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210906T113932Z
UID:9605-1633627800-1633629600@www.writingsquad.com
SUMMARY:Prose Mini Goals
DESCRIPTION:Prose Mini Goals. \nEmail billie@writingsquad.com for the link.
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/prose-mini-goals-30/
LOCATION:Online
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211004T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211004T193000
DTSTAMP:20260403T200446
CREATED:20210906T112839Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210906T112839Z
UID:9578-1633370400-1633375800@www.writingsquad.com
SUMMARY:SFF Mini Goals
DESCRIPTION:Mini goals session for Science Fiction and Fantasy writers. \nEmail bill
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/sff-mini-goals-8/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210930T173000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210930T190000
DTSTAMP:20260403T200446
CREATED:20210823T112118Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210823T112118Z
UID:9535-1633023000-1633028400@www.writingsquad.com
SUMMARY:Awesome Script Club - Jojo Rabbit
DESCRIPTION:Hitler Youth cadet Jojo Betzler firmly believes in the ideals of Nazism manifested by his imaginary friend\, Adolf Hitler. However\, his foundations are shaken when he finds a Jewish girl in his house. \n— \nWhat to expect at Awesome P&SPR Club? \nThe zoom is informal and relaxed. No one is put on the spot. We tend to look at the text from 3 positions: \nHow did it make you feel / think as a reader? \nWhat kind of themes/ideas is it exploring (so a kind of Eng Lit pov)? \nWhat kind of ideas/tools does it give to you as a writer? \nThat’s it. If that sounds like your kind of thing\, then Matt and Emma will be delighted to see you on the night.
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/awesome-script-club-jojo-rabbit/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210929T173000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210929T190000
DTSTAMP:20260403T200446
CREATED:20210906T114256Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210906T114256Z
UID:9617-1632936600-1632942000@www.writingsquad.com
SUMMARY:Poets Mini Goals
DESCRIPTION:Poets mini goals. \nEmail billie@writingsquad.com for the link.
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/poets-mini-goals-33/
LOCATION:Online
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210928T173000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210928T190000
DTSTAMP:20260403T200446
CREATED:20210906T113852Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210906T113852Z
UID:9603-1632850200-1632855600@www.writingsquad.com
SUMMARY:Prose Mini Goals
DESCRIPTION:Prose Mini Goals. \nEmail billie@writingsquad.com for the link.
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/prose-mini-goals-29/
LOCATION:Online
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210927T173000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210927T190000
DTSTAMP:20260403T200446
CREATED:20210906T113432Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210906T113432Z
UID:9594-1632763800-1632769200@www.writingsquad.com
SUMMARY:Script Mini Goals
DESCRIPTION:We are seeing how we have done with the mini-goals we set ourselves last week\, and maybe renewing them or setting new ones. \nThis is open to Squad 1-9. If you haven’t been to a previous meeting\, you are welcome to join\, just let steve@writingsquad.com know you want to come. \nYou will be sent a link before the meeting and you can go on Zoom from your computer or phone.
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/script-mini-goals-16/
LOCATION:Online
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210923T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210923T210000
DTSTAMP:20260403T200446
CREATED:20210823T111847Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210823T111847Z
UID:9530-1632425400-1632430800@www.writingsquad.com
SUMMARY:Interactive Storytelling in the 21st Century
DESCRIPTION:ZOOM\, OPEN ALL SQUADS \nInteractive Storytelling in the 21st Century with Krishna Stott \nIn this workshop\, you will test the concept of ‘interactivity’ through screenings\, discussion and creating your own interactive sequences. \nThe workshop will give you a thorough grounding about how interactive storytelling fits into the world – for play and work. You will be equipped to think on your feet about this subject going forwards\, and learn how to think differently about interactive storytelling as opposed to conventional linear storytelling – and also when it’s the same thing! You’ll also leave with links to resources and tools you can use.
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/interactive-storytelling-in-the-21st-century/
LOCATION:Online
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210922T173000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210922T190000
DTSTAMP:20260403T200446
CREATED:20210906T114231Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210906T114231Z
UID:9615-1632331800-1632337200@www.writingsquad.com
SUMMARY:Poets Mini Goals
DESCRIPTION:Poets mini goals. \nEmail billie@writingsquad.com for the link.
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/poets-mini-goals-32/
LOCATION:Online
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210920T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210920T193000
DTSTAMP:20260403T200446
CREATED:20210906T113101Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210906T113101Z
UID:9584-1632160800-1632166200@www.writingsquad.com
SUMMARY:Squad 10 Mini Goals
DESCRIPTION:Squad 10 mini goals session. \nEmail billie@writingsquad.com to get the link.
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/squad-10-mini-goals-7/
LOCATION:Online
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210915T173000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210915T190000
DTSTAMP:20260403T200446
CREATED:20210906T114211Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210906T114211Z
UID:9613-1631727000-1631732400@www.writingsquad.com
SUMMARY:Poets Mini Goals
DESCRIPTION:Poets mini goals. \nEmail billie@writingsquad.com for the link.
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/poets-mini-goals-31/
LOCATION:Online
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210914T173000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210914T190000
DTSTAMP:20260403T200446
CREATED:20210906T113827Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210906T113827Z
UID:9601-1631640600-1631646000@www.writingsquad.com
SUMMARY:Prose Mini Goals
DESCRIPTION:Prose Mini Goals. \nEmail billie@writingsquad.com for the link.
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/prose-mini-goals-28/
LOCATION:Online
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