The Writing Squad

POETS MINI GOALS
2021-07-07 17:30 - 19:00, 2021-06-30 17:30 - 19:00, 2021-06-23 17:30 - 19:00, 2021-06-16 17:30 - 19:00, 2021-06-09 17:30 - 19:00 UTC | Online
This Zoom meeting will last maybe about an hour and not longer than an hour and half.
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 with a focus on poets, there are other groups for script and prose writers. 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.

PROSE MINI GOALS
2021-07-06 17:30 - 19:00 | Online
This Zoom meeting will last maybe about an hour and not longer than an hour and half.
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 with a focus on prose, there are other groups for script and poetry writers. 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.

SCRIPT MINI GOALS
2021-07-05 17:30 - 19:00 | Online
This Zoom meeting will last maybe about an hour and not longer than an hour and half.
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 with a focus on script writers, there are other groups for poetry and prose writers. 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.

THE HOME CONCERT 2
2021-07-04 20:30 - 22:00
Join us for The Home Concert, a Squad open mic for musicians, songwriters and spoken word folk. Hosted by Squad 8’s Louise Essex, we’ll spend an hour listening and appreciating all things aural. Come to share your stuff or sit back and enjoy!
If you want a slot contact Louise via bille@writingsquad.com with the subject line Home Concert before the 4th.

SQUAD 10 WANDER - MANCHESTER
2021-07-03 11:00 - 15:00
At last we meet! Two opportunities for you Squad 10 writers to meet us and each other – one in Manchester, one in Leeds. Not a workshop more of a gentle wander, but we will do the things writers do, look, take notes, do some thinking, some writing, maybe even share what we come up with. Plenty of talking too, and a chance to have your first taste of a Squad Day! All outside, social but distanced, meeting up and ending up near the railway station. Bring your mask and your own lunch and whatever it is you write with/on.

Step Change: Applying to DYCP 1
2021-07-01 19:00 - 21:00
NOTE: By signing up to this Eventbrite, you are confirming attendance to BOTH sessions involved. The first on 1st July (7-9pm), the second on 29th July (7-9pm).
Developing Your Creative Practice (DYCP) is Arts Council England’s funding scheme that aims to provide financial support to individual artists in order to facilitate a step change in their career. In this workshop successful DYCP applicant, Stevie will help you to think strategically about your career as an artist and help you to consider how DYCP funding could best support you in achieving your aims. DYCP is a very competitive funding programme and while it is important to note that attending this workshop will not necessarily guarantee you success in the application process, the aim will be to increase your chances of writing a strong application with support from Stevie and the other workshop participants.

PROSE MINI GOALS
2021-06-29 17:30 - 19:00, 2021-06-22 17:30 - 19:00, 2021-06-15 17:30 - 19:00, 2021-06-08 17:30 - 19:00 | Online
This Zoom meeting will last maybe about an hour and not longer than an hour and half.
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 with a focus on prose writers, there are other groups for poets and scriptwriters. 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.

SQUAD 10 MINI GOALS
2021-06-28 17:30 - 19:00
Setting and sharing goals and recommendations.

The Space
2021-06-23 19:30 - 21:00 | Online
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Think of it as your favourite library, a coffee shop, or a co-working space. It’s a room full of writers at work, and it’s a way of making a commitment to yourself to show up and write. Pop in to The Space to work on any writing project that you like – and in case you need inspiration, an optional writing prompt from Francesca will be emailed in advance, for you to use, adapt or ignore. Or she can send you it when she welcomes you in.
Come and go as your please, and feel free to make yourself a cuppa. We’ll work in silence but halfway through there’ll be the option of joining small-group break-out rooms for 5 minutes, for a quick chat.

SCRIPT MINI GOALS
2021-06-21 17:30 - 19:00 | Online

FINDING THE SEMANTIC FIELD WITH KEISHA THOMPSON
2021-06-19 14:00 - 15:30 | Online
19th June, 2pm OPEN TO SQUAD 10*
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This workshop will focus on using poetic form and semantic field to create performance and theatre material.
We will be thinking about the cross over from page to stage, extended metaphor and using writing devices to inform performance ideas.
*If you’re a grad, and would like to be added to the reserve list, please don’t sign up, please email billie@writingsquad.com

SFF Mini Goals
2021-06-14 18:00 - 19:30

WALKING, IMAGINING, WRITING & PLACE WITH GEMMA SELTZER
2021-06-12 14:00 - 16:00
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Each of the stories in Gemma’s new short fiction collection Ways of Living was drafted while walking in London, and each incorporates memories and encounters, ideas and overheard conversations. It’s a book about how women navigate the city and map their identities onto its streets.
In the workshop, we’ll consider the relationship between walking, imagining, writing and place. We’ll read extracts from city writers and rambling poets, explore the line between fiction and fact, and write about the creative potential of our lives.

AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL PERFORMANCE WITH JAMAL GERALD
2021-06-10 19:30 - 21:00 | Online
10th June, 7.30pm OPEN TO ALL SQUADS
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Want to learn how to make an autobiographical performance?
In this session led by artist Jamal Gerald, you’ll learn different strategies to create material, question your ideas and make something much bigger than yourself!

The Space
2021-06-09 19:30 - 21:00 | Online
Sign up here
Think of it as your favourite library, a coffee shop, or a co-working space. It’s a room full of writers at work, and it’s a way of making a commitment to yourself to show up and write. Pop in to The Space to work on any writing project that you like – and in case you need inspiration, an optional writing prompt from Francesca will be emailed in advance, for you to use, adapt or ignore. Or she can send you it when she welcomes you in.
Come and go as your please, and feel free to make yourself a cuppa. We’ll work in silence but halfway through there’ll be the option of joining small-group break-out rooms for 5 minutes, for a quick chat.

AWESOME SCRIPT READING CLUB - random
2021-06-08 19:15 - 21:00 | Online
8th June, 7.15pm – OPEN TO ALL SQUADS
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A relaxed Zoom to discuss scripts, led by Matt Ingram and Emma Adams. This time, we will be discussing debbie tucker green’s random.
“An urgent play about the senseless killing of a black schoolboy, from one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary British playwriting.
debbie tucker green’s play random was first performed at the Royal Court Jerwood Theatre Downstairs, London, in March 2008, directed by Sacha Wares and performed by Nadine Marshall.”

Script Mini Goals
2021-06-07 17:30 - 19:00 | Online
This Zoom meeting will last maybe about an hour and not longer than an hour and half.
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 with a focus on scriptwriters, there are other groups for poets and prose writers. 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.

Poets Mini Goals
2021-06-02 17:30 - 19:00, 2021-05-26 17:30 - 19:00

Prose Mini Goals
2021-06-01 17:30 - 19:00

THE BRIEF, WITH STEVE
2021-05-29 14:00 - 15:30 | Online
29th May, 2PM OPEN TO ALL GRADS*
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Artist’s briefs can seem like they tell you everything and nothing, the commissioner wants you to be open and flexible, but also for you to tell them your ideas, they use words familiar to them but unknown to you.
In this practical conversation we will respond to a writer’s brief and identify the key elements you need to get across, and how to make the application only you could make.
*If you’re in Squad 10 and would like to be added to the reserve list, please don’t sign up, please email billie@writingsquad.com

HOW TO PITCH & WIN COMMISSIONS FOR STORIES THAT YOU LOVE WITH SIAN MEADES-WILLIAMS
2021-05-27 19:30 - 21:00 | Online
27th May, 7.30pm – OPEN TO ALL SQUADS
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Pitching workshops can be all about numbers and bylines and not the joy of the work itself. Sian says, “I know this to be the case for me, because whenever I think I really need to do some more pitching! I find myself firing off generic pitches that my heart isn’t really in.
We will look at idea generation and development and then look more specifically at pitches. You’ll have a chance to dream up your own pitch and we will look at a couple in the workshop.
Sian Meades Williams is writer and editor and is known for her Feeelance Writing Jobs Newsletter, “I’m really keen for the pitching to be practical but still have heart to it – I think anyone can get a freelance commission, but I don’t think that’s where the joy and success of freelancing really is, I’d love to focus on that.”

The Space
2021-05-26 19:30 - 21:00
