PROGRAMME

MEETING UP EVENING (weather permitting)

WRITING PROMPT 

Subject: The Job

Tell us about your first Saturday job, a strange job you've had, your worst job or your best job? Factual, fiction, poetry etc. A prompt for 500 words. We look forward to hearing your musings!  If the weather looks good, it might even be a physical meet up!

MANUSCRIPT NIGHT

Are you writing a poem, novel, or working on some research that you would like to share with the group? Manuscript Night's are an excellent way to receive useful constructive feedback to help you on your way. 

You will be welcome to read and extract of up to 1000 words. If you would like to read on the night, please Email Helen and Ian before 7pm on the night to grab a reading slot. 

PLUS:

FLASH FICTION COMPETITION - Subject to be confirmed

You are invited to submit a short story of no more than 500 words. Entries must be "website ready" (Word or PDF only please). Please note that corrections cannot be made to an entry after submission.

Please Email your entry to Helen and Ian by 7pm on Monday 16 August. Submission received after deadline may not be included in the competition.

ZOOM SESSION from 7:30pm

GUEST SPEAKER:

NICK COOK

We so pleased Nick is going to join us on Zoom for this talk with some participation by you!  Some of you will remember that Nick has previously given talks and run workshops for us. He was the Creative Writing tutor for the group that started Watford Writers, so we have a lot to be grateful to him for! He has also kindly judged some of our competitions in the past.

Full details about Nick and the talks he has an offer can be viewed on this website:

http://www.diannemannering.co.uk/nick-cook/

SOCIAL EVENING - WEATHER PERMITTING

at The Wellands.

Competition results; Reading of entries; follow-up on Nick Cook's workshop.

More details to follow.

BANK HOLIDAY - NO MEETING

Theme to be decided

PLUS

Poetry Competition - details to follow

MANUSCRIPT NIGHT (to be confirmed)

Are you writing a poem, novel, or working on some research that you would like to share with the group? Manuscript Night's are an excellent way to receive useful constructive feedback to help you on your way. 

You will be welcome to read and extract of up to 1000 words. If you would like to read on the night, please Email Helen and Ian before 7pm on the night to grab a reading slot. 

Theme to be decided

Theme to be decided