The Writing Squad

Script Mini Goals
2021-10-11 17:30 - 19:00, 2021-09-27 17:30 - 19:00, 2021-08-30 17:30 - 19:00, 2021-08-16 17:30 - 19:00 UTC | Online
We are seeing how we have done with the mini-goals we set ourselves last week, and maybe renewing them or setting new ones.
This 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.
You will be sent a link before the meeting and you can go on Zoom from your computer or phone.

Making Visible with Andrew McMillan
2021-10-09 11:00 - 16:00 | Manchester, Manchester
SQUAD 10, MANCHESTER – VENUE TBC
Andrew’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.”
In 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.

Prose Mini Goals
2021-10-07 17:30 - 18:00, 2021-09-28 17:30 - 19:00, 2021-09-14 17:30 - 19:00 | Online
Prose Mini Goals.
Email billie@writingsquad.com for the link.

SFF Mini Goals
2021-10-04 18:00 - 19:30 | Online
Mini goals session for Science Fiction and Fantasy writers.
Email bill

Awesome Script Club - Jojo Rabbit
2021-09-30 17:30 - 19:00 | Online
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.
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What to expect at Awesome P&SPR Club?
The zoom is informal and relaxed. No one is put on the spot. We tend to look at the text from 3 positions:
How did it make you feel / think as a reader?
What kind of themes/ideas is it exploring (so a kind of Eng Lit pov)?
What kind of ideas/tools does it give to you as a writer?
That’s it. If that sounds like your kind of thing, then Matt and Emma will be delighted to see you on the night.

Poets Mini Goals
2021-09-29 17:30 - 19:00, 2021-09-22 17:30 - 19:00, 2021-09-15 17:30 - 19:00, 2021-09-08 17:30 - 19:00 | Online
Poets mini goals.
Email billie@writingsquad.com for the link.

Interactive Storytelling in the 21st Century
2021-09-23 19:30 - 21:00 | Online
ZOOM, OPEN ALL SQUADS
Interactive Storytelling in the 21st Century with Krishna Stott
In this workshop, you will test the concept of ‘interactivity’ through screenings, discussion and creating your own interactive sequences.
The 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.

Squad 10 Mini Goals
2021-09-20 18:00 - 19:30 | Online
Squad 10 mini goals session.
Email billie@writingsquad.com to get the link.

Ripples of Hope: Jay Bernard 2
2021-09-13 18:00 - 19:30 | Online
For SQ10 poets. There are 2 workshops – one on Friday 10th Sept, one on Monday 13th Sept (both 6pm-7.30pm) and you must attend both.
An opportunity to reflect on and write in response to Article 28 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the right to a free and fair world which states that “everyone is entitled to a social and international order in which the rights and freedoms set forth in the Declaration can be fully realized.”
In the first workshop Jay will lead us in unpicking the article and we will begin to respond to it as poets. In the second workshop we will share and develop our initial responses. You will then have a week to finish your poem for distribution by the Ripples of Hope Festival which takes place in Manchester the following weekend (17th-19th September). All participants who deliver poems will receive a fee of £100.

Metaphor: Writing With Impact
2021-09-11 11:00 - 16:00 | Leeds
LEEDS – VENUE TBC
Are you looking for ways to make your writing more striking and memorable? This relaxed, hands-on workshop explores metaphors, and how we can use them to create enduring images, and to see things afresh. Unpicking this key aspect of writing, the workshop will lead you through some writing exercises that will push you to play with imagery in new and unexpected ways.
You’ll leave with a greater understanding of the potential of metaphor, and with ideas, exercises and inspiration for using more powerful metaphors in your own writing.
(Suitable for prose writers and poets)
This workshop is for Squad 10, if you are in Squad 1-9 and would like to reserve a place, email Billie on billie@writingsquad.com

Ripples of Hope: Jay Bernard 1
2021-09-10 18:00 - 19:30

The Home Concert 3
2021-09-09 19:30 - 21:00 | Online
ZOOM, OPEN TO ALL SQUADS
The Home Concert is a friendly and informal open mic for Squad songwriters, musicians, poets and more, organised by Louise Essex (Dear Wife).
To sign up for a slot, drop an email to billie@writingsquad.com.
Sign up to the Eventbrite to attend.

SFF Mini Goals
2021-09-06 18:00 - 19:30 | Online
Mini goals session for science fiction and fantasy writers.
Email billie@writingsquad.com to receive the link.

POETS MINI GOALS
2021-08-25 17:30 - 19:00, 2021-08-18 17:30 - 19:00, 2021-08-11 17:30 - 19:00, 2021-08-04 17:30 - 19:00 | Online

PROSE MINI GOALS
2021-08-24 17:30 - 19:00, 2021-08-17 17:30 - 19:00, 2021-08-10 17:30 - 19:00 | Online

SQUAD 10 MINI GOALS
2021-08-23 17:30 - 19:00 | Online
Setting goals and sharing recommendations. Email billie@writingsquad.com to get the link.

SFF MINI GOALS
2021-08-09 17:30 - 19:00 | Online
