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SUMMARY:Writing the Funny Stuff with Jeremy Dyson
DESCRIPTION:SQUAD 10 – if you are in Squad 1-9 and want to be added to the waiting list\, please email billie@writingsquad.com \nWe will explore how you source material and then work on and refine it into scripts for TV\, radio or sketch shows. Jeremy will also share examples from the real and not so real world of comedy and you’ll get a chance to write too.
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/writing-the-funny-stuff-with-jeremy-dyson/
LOCATION:Leeds
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220310T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220310T210000
DTSTAMP:20260403T182310
CREATED:20220207T112053Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220207T112053Z
UID:9924-1646940600-1646946000@www.writingsquad.com
SUMMARY:Precision Journalism
DESCRIPTION:With Gabriel Evans \nThis workshop will examine how the media uses sensationalism to garner interest and give alternative ways to make newswriting engaging. \nWhat is sensationalism\, and why does the media (still) love it? \nHow does sensationalism affect our lives? \nHow can we write news articles and other non-fiction without sensationalism? \nBy the end of the workshop\, you’ll not only have a more acute awareness of sensationalism in the media\, but also be able to recognise it in your own writing and replace it with more accurate alternatives that are just as engaging (and clickable.)
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/precision-journalism/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220310T173000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220310T190000
DTSTAMP:20260403T182310
CREATED:20220207T111748Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220207T111748Z
UID:9922-1646933400-1646938800@www.writingsquad.com
SUMMARY:Poets Mini Goals
DESCRIPTION:Mini goals session for poets. Email billie@writingsquad.com for the link. \n  \n 
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/poets-mini-goals-43/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220307T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220307T193000
DTSTAMP:20260403T182310
CREATED:20220207T111713Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220207T111713Z
UID:9920-1646676000-1646681400@www.writingsquad.com
SUMMARY:Squad 10 Minigoals
DESCRIPTION:Mini goals session for squad 10 – email billie@writingsquad.com for the link.
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/squad-10-minigoals-2/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220305T110000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220305T160000
DTSTAMP:20260403T182310
CREATED:20220207T111531Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220207T111531Z
UID:9918-1646478000-1646496000@www.writingsquad.com
SUMMARY:Lunch Poems with Andrew McMillan and Lizzie Coombs
DESCRIPTION:Exploring the poetry of the street on the page and through the lens.\n\n\n\n\nThis workshop will explore the poetry of the street on the page and through the lens. We will spend some time in the morning looking at poets and photographers who catch the incidental movement and life of the streets as well as going through the techniques\, does and don’ts of street photography. Then we will go out into Leeds over lunch time with notebooks and phones/cameras coming back together in the afternoon to write\, edit\, photoshop and put together an impromptu edition of PUSH. \nYou wont need a posh camera to take part\, if you have a phone with a decent camera that will do\, let us know if you don’t and we will sort something.
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/lunch-poems-with-andrew-mcmillan-and-lizzie-coombs/
LOCATION:Leeds
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220303T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220303T193000
DTSTAMP:20260403T182310
CREATED:20220207T111355Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220207T111355Z
UID:9916-1646330400-1646335800@www.writingsquad.com
SUMMARY:Awesome Poetry: Shine\, Darling
DESCRIPTION:Writers reading led by Stevie and Malika. \nOne 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.
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/awesome-poetry-shine-darling/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220228T173000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220228T190000
DTSTAMP:20260403T182310
CREATED:20220207T111212Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220207T111225Z
UID:9914-1646069400-1646074800@www.writingsquad.com
SUMMARY:Script Mini Goals
DESCRIPTION:Mini goals session for script writers. Email billie@writingsquad.com for the link. \n 
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/script-mini-goals-23/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220224T173000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220224T190000
DTSTAMP:20260403T182310
CREATED:20220207T111033Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220207T111033Z
UID:9912-1645723800-1645729200@www.writingsquad.com
SUMMARY:Poets Mini Goals
DESCRIPTION:Mini goals session for poets. Email billie@writingsquad.com for the link.
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/poets-mini-goals-42/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220221T173000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220221T190000
DTSTAMP:20260403T182310
CREATED:20220207T110953Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220207T110953Z
UID:9910-1645464600-1645470000@www.writingsquad.com
SUMMARY:SFF Mini Goals
DESCRIPTION:Mini goals session for sci-fi and fantasy writers. Email billie@writingsquad.com for the link.
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/sff-mini-goals-11/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220219T110000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220219T160000
DTSTAMP:20260403T182310
CREATED:20220207T110839Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220207T110839Z
UID:9908-1645268400-1645286400@www.writingsquad.com
SUMMARY:Finding the Semantic Field
DESCRIPTION:With Keisha Thompson \nThis workshop will focus on using poetic form and semantic field to create performance and theatre material. \nWe will be thinking about the cross over from page to stage\, extended metaphor and using writing devices to inform performance ideas.
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/finding-the-semantic-field/
LOCATION:Manchester\, Manchester
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220217T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220217T210000
DTSTAMP:20260403T182310
CREATED:20220207T110752Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220207T110752Z
UID:9906-1645126200-1645131600@www.writingsquad.com
SUMMARY:Going Freelance\, In Company
DESCRIPTION:If you have an idea you want to realise and it involves pulling together a bunch of people and resources\, this conversation and Q+A is for you. \nSteve D will talk to three freelance Squad writers who have set up companies either to deliver specific projects or as a vehicle for their work\, asking questions like … Do you really need to set up a company or can you just do the thing? Where did you go to for advice? What do all these terms mean; CIC\, Sole Trader\, Limited by Guarantee? What were the costs? Who is in control and who makes the decisions? How do you manage people? What didn’t you know you wished you had? Are the legal responsibilities onerous? What’s all that stuff about tax? \nYou’ll get the chance to ask your questions too.
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/going-freelance-in-company/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220217T173000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220217T190000
DTSTAMP:20260403T182310
CREATED:20220207T110702Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220207T110702Z
UID:9904-1645119000-1645124400@www.writingsquad.com
SUMMARY:Prose Mini Goals
DESCRIPTION:Mini goals session for prose writers. Email billie@writingsquad.com for the link.
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/prose-mini-goals-35/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220216T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220216T210000
DTSTAMP:20260403T182310
CREATED:20220207T110622Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220207T110622Z
UID:9902-1645038000-1645045200@www.writingsquad.com
SUMMARY:Squad Wide Transitional Conversation
DESCRIPTION:Over the past few months\, we’ve held four conversations exploring each of the Arts Council’s new Investment Principles. These principles define both their strategy for the arts in England\, and the way they make decisions about who they fund. We’re using them to inform The Writing Squad’s plan for 2022/23\, and our application for the next round of funding. \nThe principles are: Ambition and Quality\, Dynamism\, Environmental Responsibility and Inclusivity and Relevance. \nOur conversations involved members of the board\, our core team and the Squad at large. We talked about how each principle relates to the Squad – we thought about what we do well\, what we could do better and came up with new ideas to shape the Squad’s future. \nStuff like: new commission opportunities\, new ways of doing feedback\, a new Squad origin story. It was all dead exciting\, to be honest. \nSince then\, we’ve been collating the thinking from these meetings and started to draw up our new plan. It’s go time! \nHERE’S WHERE YOU COME IN! \nWe’re now ready to put the Stuff What We Talked About at these meetings to the Squad At Large. We’re holding a sort of informal Zoom Squad Town Hall\, in which we’ll share the outcomes of these meetings and our plans going forward\, and you can tell us what you think about them. Simple as that. \nTLDR: A space to talk about what the Squad could be\, what you want the Squad to be\, how we talk about who we are and what we do. You don’t need to know anything about the Arts Council’s principles or funding\, but we will send you some light reading about our thoughts and plans before the meeting!
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/squad-wide-transitional-conversation/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220214T173000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220214T190000
DTSTAMP:20260403T182310
CREATED:20220207T110409Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220207T110421Z
UID:9900-1644859800-1644865200@www.writingsquad.com
SUMMARY:Script Mini Goals
DESCRIPTION:Mini goals session for script writers. Email billie@writingsquad.com for the link. \n 
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/script-mini-goals-22/
LOCATION:Online
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220212T110000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220212T160000
DTSTAMP:20260403T182310
CREATED:20220207T110303Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220207T110517Z
UID:9898-1644663600-1644681600@www.writingsquad.com
SUMMARY:Novel Writing for First Timers
DESCRIPTION:Are you interested in writing a novel\, but don’t know where to start? Have you started a novel or two but fizzled out? Are you intimidated by the idea of committing to such a substantial task? Does the thought of completing c.80\,000 words seem unachievable? Do you have a lot of ideas but not know which ones might be the makings of a novel? \nThis workshop is designed to make the process of writing your first novel a lot less scary. We’ll talk about ways to make the whole process both manageable and exciting.
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/novel-writing-for-first-timers/
LOCATION:Manchester\, Manchester
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220210T173000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220210T190000
DTSTAMP:20260403T182310
CREATED:20220207T110057Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220207T110057Z
UID:9894-1644514200-1644519600@www.writingsquad.com
SUMMARY:Poets Mini Goals
DESCRIPTION:Mini Goals session for Poets. Email Billie on billie@writingsquad.com for the link.
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/poets-mini-goals-41/
LOCATION:Online
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220208T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220208T193000
DTSTAMP:20260403T182310
CREATED:20220207T110210Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220207T110450Z
UID:9896-1644343200-1644348600@www.writingsquad.com
SUMMARY:Awesome Prose: The Summer Book
DESCRIPTION:One of the squad’s 3 Awesome Reading groups – designed to think about how we can read as writers.
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/awesome-prose-the-summer-book/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220207T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220207T193000
DTSTAMP:20260403T182310
CREATED:20220207T110014Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220207T110014Z
UID:9892-1644256800-1644262200@www.writingsquad.com
SUMMARY:Squad 10 Mini Goals
DESCRIPTION:Mini Goals session for Squad 10. Email Billie on billie@writingsquad.com for the link.
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/squad-10-mini-goals-11/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211230T173000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211230T190000
DTSTAMP:20260403T182310
CREATED:20211202T155014Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211202T155014Z
UID:9817-1640885400-1640890800@www.writingsquad.com
SUMMARY:Poets Mini Goals
DESCRIPTION:Mini Goals session for Poets. Email Billie on billie@writingsquad.com for the link.
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/poets-mini-goals-40/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211220T173000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211220T190000
DTSTAMP:20260403T182310
CREATED:20211202T154859Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211202T154859Z
UID:9813-1640021400-1640026800@www.writingsquad.com
SUMMARY:Script Mini Goals
DESCRIPTION:Mini Goals session for Script Writers. Email Billie on billie@writingsquad.com for the link.
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/script-mini-goals-21/
LOCATION:Online
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211214T173000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211214T190000
DTSTAMP:20260403T182310
CREATED:20211202T154942Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211202T154942Z
UID:9815-1639503000-1639508400@www.writingsquad.com
SUMMARY:Prose Mini Goals
DESCRIPTION:Mini Goals session for Prose writers. Email Billie on billie@writingsquad.com for the link.
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/prose-mini-goals-34/
LOCATION:Online
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211213T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211213T193000
DTSTAMP:20260403T182310
CREATED:20210906T113250Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210906T113250Z
UID:9590-1639418400-1639423800@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-10/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211211T110000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211211T160000
DTSTAMP:20260403T182310
CREATED:20210823T111958Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210920T115128Z
UID:9533-1639220400-1639238400@www.writingsquad.com
SUMMARY:What if we didn't start with words?
DESCRIPTION:LEEDS – VENUE TBC \nWHAT IF WE DIDN’T START WITH WORDS? – EMMA ADAMS \nI’ve been thinking about staging and the power of set design. Why is it that writers don’t often get to work with set designers early in a development process? What does thinking about image rather than words unlock for storytellers / writers? Then I saw a video about Taika Waititi’s (awesome writer/director\, check him out) creative process. There he talked about how he starts his film scripts. He thinks about cool images / events for the beginning and start of a story\, and then he writes to link them up. Do you do this? I don’t do this. I never do this. I think it could be interesting to try doing this. It could be so fun to try this! To play with the graphic and the look of things and see what that inspires. To think about a set/costumes and then imagine a story that comes from there? So\, I thought\, why not experiment with all of that?
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/what-if-we-didnt-start-with-words/
LOCATION:Manchester\, Manchester
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211209T173000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211209T190000
DTSTAMP:20260403T182310
CREATED:20211202T154823Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211202T154823Z
UID:9811-1639071000-1639076400@www.writingsquad.com
SUMMARY:Poets Mini Goals
DESCRIPTION:Mini Goals session for Poets. Email Billie on billie@writingsquad.com for the link.
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/poets-mini-goals-39/
LOCATION:Online
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211206T173000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211206T190000
DTSTAMP:20260403T182310
CREATED:20211202T154747Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211202T154747Z
UID:9809-1638811800-1638817200@www.writingsquad.com
SUMMARY:Script Mini Goals
DESCRIPTION:Mini Goals session for Script Writers. Email Billie on billie@writingsquad.com for the link.
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/script-mini-goals-20/
LOCATION:Online
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211204T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211204T160000
DTSTAMP:20260403T182310
CREATED:20211104T103359Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211104T103359Z
UID:9767-1638626400-1638633600@www.writingsquad.com
SUMMARY:Trauma and the Creative Writing Classroom
DESCRIPTION:A session exploring what trauma is\, its relationship to creativity and strategies to develop a trauma-informed workshop practice. \nNB: This workshop will be from 2-4pm in MMU’s Arts and Humanities Building\, Manchester. \nWhat is trauma? What is PTSD? Why does it matter for workshop/arts facilitators? When difficult memories or subjects arise\, what practical approaches or tips can facilitators employ in the moment\, or bear in mind for the future? \nThis workshop will use relaxed group conversations to explore these questions. You will gain an understanding of some of the definitions of what trauma is\, its signs and symptoms\, practical strategies for building trauma awareness into workshops and some tools for tackling traumatising or challenging subject matter in a workshop setting. Written\, practical and creative exercises will demonstrate some ideas and approaches discussed during the session.
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/trauma-and-the-creative-writing-classroom/
LOCATION:Manchester\, Manchester
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211202T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211202T210000
DTSTAMP:20260403T182310
CREATED:20211104T103252Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211104T103252Z
UID:9765-1638473400-1638478800@www.writingsquad.com
SUMMARY:What We Owe: Bad Art Friend Discussion
DESCRIPTION:It is easy enough to trigger a storm on Twitter\, but some stories create a hurricane. ‘Who Is The Bad Art Friend?’\, a New York Times Article by Robert Kolker\, was one such story and has whipped up a slew of newspaper articles\, Twitter threads\, and memes ever since. \nCentred around the court case of Dawn Dorland vs Sonya Larson\, the story covers ground from kidney donations to Facebook etiquette\, subpoenaed group chats and insular writing community drama. We don’t want to spoil the story for you\, but suffice it say it’s a wild one. \nThis session will comprise of a discussion focused on the relevant writing aspects of the story. Both sides field a series of key disputes\, surrounding the plagiarism of ideas and Facebook posts\, the etiquette of writing communities\, and above all the kindnesses we do (or do not) owe to our fellow writers. Is using someone else’s kidney donation for a story acceptable? What if said story turns them into an ugly caricature? We can’t wait to hear your thoughts!
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/what-we-owe-bad-art-friend-discussion/
LOCATION:Online
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211129T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211129T193000
DTSTAMP:20260403T182310
CREATED:20210906T113024Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210906T113024Z
UID:9582-1638208800-1638214200@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-10/
LOCATION:Online
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211127T110000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211127T160000
DTSTAMP:20260403T182310
CREATED:20210823T114129Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210823T114129Z
UID:9559-1638010800-1638028800@www.writingsquad.com
SUMMARY:The Butterfly in the Corner: Revitalising Old Myths
DESCRIPTION:SQUAD 10\, LEEDS – VENUE TBC \nNow it is a well-known fact that literature is constantly in conversation with other literary text in some shape or form. This workshop will exploit this tradition as the starting point for writing our own poems. We will turn up to the blank notebook page armed with material\, that our imagination can translate\, update\, transform and in some cases give voice to silenced characters or even fill in gaps left out of the original text.
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/the-butterfly-in-the-corner-revitalising-old-myths/
LOCATION:Leeds
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211125T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211125T210000
DTSTAMP:20260403T182310
CREATED:20210823T113844Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210823T113844Z
UID:9557-1637868600-1637874000@www.writingsquad.com
SUMMARY:The Texture of Place: Writing Landscapes and Building Settings
DESCRIPTION:ZOOM\, OPEN ALL SQUADS \nHow can we make the places and locations in our writing feel three-dimensional and “real”? How do we avoid falling into clichés when writing about landscape and place? How can we capture a real/imagined place through senses\, description\, speech and muddled language? Can settings ever be as important as characters?
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/the-texture-of-place-writing-landscapes-and-building-settings/
LOCATION:Online
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