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SUMMARY:WRITING SQUAD BOARD MEETING
DESCRIPTION:A meeting of the Writing Squad Board.
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/writing-squad-board-meeting/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200711T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200711T160000
DTSTAMP:20260403T181231
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SUMMARY:Squad 10: Yorkshire & North East Introductory Workshop
DESCRIPTION:INTRODUCTORY WORKSHOP WITH EMMA & STEVIE \n  \nThese workshops will give you the chance to meet the Core Team. We will invite you to the ones in your region\, but if the date doesn’t suit and you can go to the other set\, that’s fine\, just let Steve know. \nThese will be on Zoom and will last two hours\, they will be writing games/exercises and\, only if you want to\, sharing. \nThe intention of them is to get to know the Core Team and people based near you.  \nWe will email you about these workshops later this week with a link to sign up for them on Eventbrite.
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/squad-10-yorkshire-north-east-introductory-workshop-2/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200710T143000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200710T163000
DTSTAMP:20260403T181231
CREATED:20200623T112350Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200623T112350Z
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SUMMARY:WRITING CHILDREN'S PICTURE BOOKS with Emma Layfield
DESCRIPTION:Have you ever considered writing a children’s picture book? Did you know you don’t have to draw the pictures too? This session will explore the picture book market today in the UK and internationally\, including hot themes and latest trends. It will also explore how to create and format a picture book. Emma will also discuss what she’s looking for and talk about Hachette’s picture book open days for unpublished writers. \n\nSIGN UP HERE (SQ1-9) \nAfter twenty years of working with Hachette Children’s Group in London\, Emma recently took on a new role as Picture Book Development Director\, North\, based in Manchester. She is responsible for networking\, building relationships and looking for business opportunities in the north of England and Scotland\, and focused on acquiring picture book talent living in the North West\, North East\, Yorkshire and Scotland to publish onto the HCG list.
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/writing-childrens-picture-books-with-emma-layfield/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200704T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200704T160000
DTSTAMP:20260403T181231
CREATED:20200530T201918Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200530T201918Z
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SUMMARY:Squad 10: North West Introductory Workshop
DESCRIPTION:INTRODUCTORY WORKSHOP WITH MALIKA & STEVIE \n  \nThese workshops will give you the chance to meet the Core Team. We will invite you to the ones in your region\, but if the date doesn’t suit and you can go to the other set\, that’s fine\, just let Steve know. \nThese will be on Zoom and will last two hours\, they will be writing games/exercises and\, only if you want to\, sharing. \nThe intention of them is to get to know the Core Team and people based near you.  \nWe will email you about these workshops later this week with a link to sign up for them on Eventbrite.
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/squad-10-north-west-introductory-workshop-2/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200701T143000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200701T163000
DTSTAMP:20260403T181231
CREATED:20200623T112300Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200623T112300Z
UID:7954-1593613800-1593621000@www.writingsquad.com
SUMMARY:UNBLOCKING WRITER'S BLOCK FOR GOOD with Jeremy Dyson
DESCRIPTION:Every writer knows the feeling. That’s all it is – a feeling. Jeremy Dyson shares his favourite tips for neutralising the fear of the blank page garnered from over 20 years of professional work. \nSIGN UP HERE (SQ1-9) \nJeremy is one of the League of Gentleman.  With Andy Nyman he co-wrote and directed the supernatural-themed play Ghost Stories\, which ran for over two years in London’s West End\, wrote and directed Psychobitches for Sky Arts. Jeremy’s other work includes being script supervisor on the Tracy Ullman Show\, script editor on James Cordon’s The Wrong Mans and being story consultant and writing episode 6 of series 2 of Killing Eve.
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/unblocking-writers-block-for-good-with-jeremy-dyson/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200627T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200627T160000
DTSTAMP:20260403T181231
CREATED:20200530T201756Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200530T201756Z
UID:7822-1593266400-1593273600@www.writingsquad.com
SUMMARY:Squad 10: Yorkshire & North East Introductory Workshop
DESCRIPTION:INTRODUCTORY WORKSHOP WITH FRANCESCA & MALIKA \n  \nThese workshops will give you the chance to meet the Core Team. We will invite you to the ones in your region\, but if the date doesn’t suit and you can go to the other set\, that’s fine\, just let Steve know. \nThese will be on Zoom and will last two hours\, they will be writing games/exercises and\, only if you want to\, sharing. \nThe intention of them is to get to know the Core Team and people based near you.  \nWe will email you about these workshops later this week with a link to sign up for them on Eventbrite.
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/squad-10-yorkshire-north-east-introductory-workshop/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200626T143000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200626T163000
DTSTAMP:20260403T181231
CREATED:20200623T112137Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200623T112137Z
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SUMMARY:GETTING THERE with Emma Beverley
DESCRIPTION:OK\, what next? You have had some work published\, you have been doing some readings or shows or are thinking about how to get some. You are beginning to think of yourself as a professional writer\, or artist\, or think maybe you should start thinking of yourself as such. What are the next steps? \nEmma will help you set some short and long term aims for your professional and personal life\, then identify what steps you need to take to achieve them. It’s about working out what you want to do and what you have to do to get there. \nIf you signed up for this workshop before it was postponed due to lockdown please sign up again. \nSIGN UP HERE (SQ1-9) \nEmma is Co-Director at East Street Arts: an international arts organisation dedicated to supporting artists livelihoods. As an independent producer and programmer\, Emma presented artworks in a range of contexts including the Royal Court Theatre\, the British Council Showcase\, pubs\, clubs\, cafes and derelict storage units. \nShe was the founding producer for Selina Thompson Ltd\, Executive Producer for Eclipse Theatre Company\, and Co-Programmer with Leeds European Capital of Culture 2023.
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/getting-there-with-emma-beverley/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200620T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200620T160000
DTSTAMP:20260403T181231
CREATED:20200530T201604Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200530T201940Z
UID:7820-1592661600-1592668800@www.writingsquad.com
SUMMARY:Squad 10: North West Introductory Workshop
DESCRIPTION:INTRODUCTORY WORKSHOP WITH EMMA & FRANCESCA \n  \nThese workshops will give you the chance to meet the Core Team. We will invite you to the ones in your region\, but if the date doesn’t suit and you can go to the other set\, that’s fine\, just let Steve know. \nThese will be on Zoom and will last two hours\, they will be writing games/exercises and\, only if you want to\, sharing. \nThe intention of them is to get to know the Core Team and people based near you.  \nWe will email you about these workshops later this week with a link to sign up for them on Eventbrite.
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/squad-10-north-west-introductory-workshop/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200617T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200617T203000
DTSTAMP:20260403T181231
CREATED:20200615T090628Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200615T093059Z
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SUMMARY:NOT ABOUT NOW - A SHARING
DESCRIPTION:A donation from a benefactor made it possible for the Squad to commission poems from our poets mini-goals group. \nThey were asked to write two poems on any theme they wanted\, each was allocated a partner and they edited each other’s work. \nThis Zoom reading is the first sharing of that work. \nAll Squads are welcome to come and listen\, sign up here. You’ll be sent a link on the day.
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/not-about-now-a-sharing/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200612T143000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200612T160000
DTSTAMP:20260403T181231
CREATED:20200515T183559Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200515T183559Z
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SUMMARY:DISTANCE DIALOGUES 3: THE ARTIST'S IDENTITY
DESCRIPTION:Open to all writers Squads 1-9.\nExploring the relationship between your identity as an artist and identity as a human being. What are the different ways this complex relationship can affect our artistic work and our everyday life?\nSIGN UP HERE
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/distance-dialogues-3-the-artists-identity/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200611T143000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200611T160000
DTSTAMP:20260403T181231
CREATED:20200515T183759Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200515T183759Z
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SUMMARY:THINK LIKE AN ARTIST ACT LIKE A PLUMBER with Steve Dearden
DESCRIPTION:Open to Squads 1-9. \nSo you are a great writer\, how do you get work? \nThis session will identify the tools and techniques for keeping yourself going as a creative\, while putting yourself out there to get freelance work that will pay the bills. You’ll get a toolkit\, or at least a list of practical things that you will be able to act on immediately. The session is based on Steve’s experience of both developing and employing writers and creatives. \nThis is a session based on a talk Steve has given to creative students at Leeds\, Liverpool John Moores and Newcastle Universities. It is suitable for any one just embarking\, or thinking of embarking\, on a freelance or mixed portfolio career. \n\nSIGN UP HERE
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/think-like-an-artist-act-like-a-plumber-with-steve-dearden/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200607
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200608
DTSTAMP:20260403T181231
CREATED:20200501T105238Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200501T105238Z
UID:7681-1591488000-1591574399@www.writingsquad.com
SUMMARY:DEADLINE: POETRY COMMISSION TO STEVE
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/deadline-poetry-commission-to-steve/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200606T143000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200606T160000
DTSTAMP:20260403T181231
CREATED:20200515T183700Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200515T183700Z
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SUMMARY:STAGE TO SCREEN  (NO MONOLOGUES ALLOWED) led by Lydia Marchant
DESCRIPTION:Open to scriptwriters Squads 1-9. \nWhat makes Gavin and Stacey the funniest programme ever written*? Why does Normal People say it best when it says nothing at all? A workshop exploring all the things telly writing lets you do that play writing doesn’t (including affording to eat.) We’ll watch some TV clips\, do some challenges and have a go at taking a scene from stage to screen. \n*Arguably \nLydia Marchant is a Squad 8 grad. She’s part of the BBC’s Writers Academy\, writing episodes of Eastenders\, Casualty and Holby City. Her first full length play Mumsy\, commissioned by Hull Truck Theatre\, is in development with BBC Studios\, and she’s also working on a crime drama with Cuba Pictures. Her theatre work includes Paines Plough\, Hull Truck Theatre\, York Theatre Royal\, Derby Theatre\, Middle Child\, Silent Uproar and The Roaring Girls. She studied MA Writing for Stage and Broadcast Media at Central School of Speech and Drama and has taken part in writers programmes at Leeds Playhouse\, Soho Theatre\, National Theatre\, Royal Court and BFI. \nSIGN UP HERE
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/stage-to-screen-no-monologues-allowed-led-by-lydia-marchant/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200605T143000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200605T160000
DTSTAMP:20260403T181231
CREATED:20200515T183517Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200515T183517Z
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SUMMARY:DISTANCE DIALOGUES 2: PUTTING TOGETHER A COLLECTION led by Laura Attridge
DESCRIPTION:Open to poets Squads 1-9.\nExploring all aspects of putting together a collection of your own poetry\, from initial idea to final sign-off. (NB The focus in this session will be more on the creative process than how to get your collection published.)\nSIGN UP HERE
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/distance-dialogues-2-putting-together-a-collection-led-by-laura-attridge/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200529T143000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200529T160000
DTSTAMP:20260403T181231
CREATED:20200515T183416Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200515T183416Z
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SUMMARY:DISTANCE DIALOGUES 1: FEEDING YOURSELF ARTISTICALLY led by Laura Attridge
DESCRIPTION:Open to all writers Squads 1-9.\nExploring the ways in which we as writers can nourish ourselves through material found outside of our own artistic niche: other genres or forms of literature and art\, or from more unusual places in the world around us.\nSIGN UP HERE
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/distance-dialogues-1-feeding-yourself-artistically-led-by-laura-attridge/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200528T143000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200528T160000
DTSTAMP:20260403T181231
CREATED:20200515T183257Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200515T183257Z
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SUMMARY:WRITING FROM THE TAROT with Kym Deyn
DESCRIPTION:Open to all writers Squads 1-9. \nIn this workshop we’ll look at how the Tarot can be used to tell stories and provide structure\, drawing from the rich folk tradition of the Marseilles Tarot. We’ll do away with occult symbolism and instead focus on reading images\, and how those images can translate into our writing. \n\nKym is a Squad 8 grad\, poet and playwright. Their work has appeared both online and in print\, for instance in the Valley Press Anthology of Prose Poetry\, Ink Sweat & Tears\, MIR Online and Black Bough. They have been shortlisted for several awards including the West Yorkshire Playhouse “Airplays” Competition and the Streetcake Experimental Writing Prize. They won the Outspoken Prize and are the current coach of Durham University’s poetry slam team. \nYou will be sent a Zoom invite on the morning of the workshop with a link to click to join in. \n\nSIGN UP HERE
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/writing-from-the-tarot-with-kym-deyn/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200527
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200528
DTSTAMP:20260403T181231
CREATED:20200501T105122Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200508T075157Z
UID:7678-1590537600-1590623999@www.writingsquad.com
SUMMARY:DEADLINE: POETRY COMMISSIONS POEMS BACK TO WRITER
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/deadline-poerty-commissions-poems-back-to-writer/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200522T143000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200522T160000
DTSTAMP:20260403T181231
CREATED:20200515T183207Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200515T183207Z
UID:7757-1590157800-1590163200@www.writingsquad.com
SUMMARY:50 WAYS TO BE A BETTER POET with Roger Robinson
DESCRIPTION:Open to poets in Squads 1-9. \nA fast paced workshop filled with tips\, quotes and prompts to level up your poetry practice. For poets who want to refresh their poetry on the page and explore how we combine inspiration\, commitment and productivity to balance earning a living and being an artist in a complex changing world. \nRoger is a writer and performer who divides his time between London and Trinidad and is a co-founder of Spoke Lab and Malika’s Kitchen. His latest collection\, A Portable Paradise from Peepal Tree Press won the TS Eliot and the Michael Ondjaate Prizes and has recently been shortlisted for the Derek Walcott Prize. \nYou will be sent a Zoom invite on the morning of the workshop with a link to click to join in. \nSIGN UP HERE
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/50-ways-to-be-a-better-poet-with-roger-robinson/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200520T173000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200520T183000
DTSTAMP:20260403T181231
CREATED:20200508T075358Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200515T182759Z
UID:7712-1589995800-1589999400@www.writingsquad.com
SUMMARY:POETS MINIGOALS SESSION
DESCRIPTION:This Zoom meeting will last maybe about an hour and not longer than an hour and half. \nWe 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 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. \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/poets-minigoals-session/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200520
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200521
DTSTAMP:20260403T181231
CREATED:20200501T105015Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200501T105015Z
UID:7676-1589932800-1590019199@www.writingsquad.com
SUMMARY:DEADLINE: POETRY COMMISSIONS TO PARTNER
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/deadline-poetry-commissions-to-partner/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200519T173000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200519T183000
DTSTAMP:20260403T181231
CREATED:20200508T075258Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200515T182928Z
UID:7710-1589909400-1589913000@www.writingsquad.com
SUMMARY:PROSE WRITERS MINIGOALS SESSIONS
DESCRIPTION:This Zoom meeting will last maybe about an hour and not longer than an hour and half. \nWe 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 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. \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/prose-writers-minigoals-sessions/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200519T143000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200519T160000
DTSTAMP:20260403T181231
CREATED:20200501T131136Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200501T131136Z
UID:7689-1589898600-1589904000@www.writingsquad.com
SUMMARY:NONE OF IT'S REAL
DESCRIPTION:Open to all writers\, commentators and critics Squad 1-9. \nTheatre is what happens when a bunch of people choose to play pretend in the same room together. Why do critics take it all so seriously? Join James to explore writing reviews about the things we feel in our heads\, the things people do on stages\, and the fundamental daftness of art. \nJames is a Squad grad\, writer and theatre maker based in Manchester. He sporadically manages a blog of cultural criticism at www.jamesvarney.uk and has written reviews for The Real Story\, Exeunt and The Stage. \nYou will be sent a Zoom invite on the morning of the workshop with a link to click to join in. \nSIGN UP HERE
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/none-of-its-real/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200518T173000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200518T183000
DTSTAMP:20260403T181231
CREATED:20200515T182711Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200515T182711Z
UID:7753-1589823000-1589826600@www.writingsquad.com
SUMMARY:SCRIPTWRITERS MINIGOALS
DESCRIPTION:This Zoom meeting will last maybe about an hour and not longer than an hour and half. \nWe 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 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. \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/scriptwriters-minigoals/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200516T143000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200516T160000
DTSTAMP:20260403T181231
CREATED:20200501T131055Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200501T131055Z
UID:7687-1589639400-1589644800@www.writingsquad.com
SUMMARY:SHINY HAPPY PLAYWRIGHTS
DESCRIPTION:Open to theatre writers from all Squads 1-9 \nA one-off workshop exploring earnestness\, warmth and the ‘feel good’. Through reading\, discussion and exercises\, we’ll think about writing hopefully\, moments of kindness\, and ideally have a laugh. All levels of experience welcome (though no cool kids allowed). \nBillie is a Squad grad\, playwright and screenwriter from Merseyside. Her play Too Much World At Once was written on attachment with Box of Tricks Theatre as part of their 2019-2020 PlayBox residency\, and received a rehearsed reading at HOME in Manchester. She is currently developing a short film with the young people of the Television Workshop Salford. Her first play\, Spiders\, was longlisted for the Bruntwood Prize in 2015\, debuted in Cambridge in 2017\, before being performed at the Tristan Bates Theatre\, London\, in August 2018. \nYou will be sent a Zoom invite on the morning of the workshop with a link to click to join in. \n\nSIGN UP HERE
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/shiny-happy-playwrights/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200514T143000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200514T160000
DTSTAMP:20260403T181231
CREATED:20200501T131010Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200501T131010Z
UID:7685-1589466600-1589472000@www.writingsquad.com
SUMMARY:I WANT TO BE A COW
DESCRIPTION:Open to all poets Squads 1-9. \nIn this workshop\, we will be reading fun and fantastically silly poems by Sharon Olds\, Frank O’Hara\, and Selima Hill\, among others\, and attempting to write funny poems of our own\, through a series of exercises focusing on puns\, rhyme\, and voice. \nThere is plenty of talk about the necessity of poetry in this difficult time\, poems that rise to the occasion and bear witness. However\, there is also a need for funny poems: poems that surprise us\, delight us\, and most importantly\, make us laugh. We need to laugh. \nThe workshop aims to be fun\, and might even be funny. \nEmily is a Squad grad and poet in York\, currently writing her MA dissertation on butch poetics. She has competed in the Roundhouse and BBC Fringe poetry slams\, and has poems published in Poetry Birmingham and The Kindling. Her poetry focuses on family\, queerness\, and the body. She runs a regular poetry workshop at the University of York\, and enjoys constructive criticism more than you’d think possible. \nYou will be sent a Zoom invite on the morning of the workshop with a link to click to join in. \n\nSIGN UP HERE
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/i-want-to-be-a-cow/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200511T173000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200511T183000
DTSTAMP:20260403T181231
CREATED:20200508T075125Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200508T075125Z
UID:7707-1589218200-1589221800@www.writingsquad.com
SUMMARY:SCRIPTWRITERS MINIGOALS SESSION
DESCRIPTION:This Zoom meeting will last maybe about an hour and not longer than an hour and half. \nWe 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 all Squad members 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. \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/scriptwriters-minigoals-session/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200509T143000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200509T160000
DTSTAMP:20260403T181231
CREATED:20200501T130919Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200501T130919Z
UID:7683-1589034600-1589040000@www.writingsquad.com
SUMMARY:ALEX PRAGER STORIES
DESCRIPTION:A workshop open to all Squads 1-9 and people telling stories any form. \nWe will each write our own stories gently guided by a mixture of Alex Prager’s wonderful photographs and other prompts\, some for everyone\, some just for you. \nAn hour plus to write alone together\, with new prompts dropped in regularly throughout and some time for sharing at the end\, but only if you want to. \nWhen not running the Squad Steve write’s short stories\, has been Writer In Residence at Bluewater Shopping Centre and the Wakefield Literature Festival. www.stevedearden.com \nYou will be sent a Zoom invite on the morning of the workshop with a link to click to join in. \nSIGN UP HERE
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/alex-prager-stories/
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SUMMARY:POETS MINI GOALS SESSION
DESCRIPTION:This Zoom meeting will last maybe about an hour and not longer than an hour and half. \nWe 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 all Squad members 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. \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/poets-mini-goals-session-4/
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SUMMARY:STILL LIVES 3
DESCRIPTION:In these sessions we will collaboratively create short pieces of writing\, building on personal experience/observations led by Lydia Allison. \nWe will focus on everyday\, domestic challenges and observations. Topics will include plans which get cancelled\, things you see day to day in your house\, and internalised arguments about what you believe is the right thing to do in relation to every day activities. \nYou will be asked to imagine outside perspectives looking in at your lives\, swap and stories\, adopt another voice\, write individually at first and then collectively in threes.
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/still-lives-3/
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SUMMARY:PROSE WRITERS MINI GOALS SESSION
DESCRIPTION:This Zoom meeting will last maybe about an hour and not longer than an hour and half. \nWe 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 all Squad members 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. \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/prose-writers-mini-goals-session-4/
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