The Greenacre Writers invite you to a Creative Writer’s Afternoon:
LIFE WRITING
Saturday 20th November
2.00pm - 5.00pm
Finchley,
London N12
Ever wanted to write autobiography? Don’t know where to start? This workshop will kick-start your writing.
The aim of the afternoon is to meet with fellow creative writers, to work on creative writing exercises, share your work to receive supportive criticism and ideas in a friendly and stimulating environment.
Introduction & discussion: Autobiography or memoir?
Writing exercise 1 - What's In A Name?
Writing exercise 2 - Memory Box
Refreshments.
Writing exercise 3 - There's No Place Like Home
Writing exercise 4 - First Lines
Members £5; Non-members £10
Comments from participants:
"I enjoyed this session even more than the previous one."
"Interesting - thought provoking - and motivating. Made me wish I had more time to write."
If you require more information either e-mail:
greenacrewriters@gmail.com
or contact:
Rosie (MA Writing) on 020 8346 9449
Lindsay (BA Hons Literature) on 020 8343 7181
Wednesday, 22 September 2010
Monday, 13 September 2010
GREENACRE WRITING AFTERNOON 18th September 2010 2-5pm
The Greenacre Writers invite you to a Creative Writer’s Afternoon:
WRITE CONVINCING DIALOGUE
Saturday 18th September
2.00pm - 5.00pm
Finchley,
London N12
He said, she said, they said,...but how did they say it? Learn how to write convincing dialogue. The aim of the afternoon is to meet with fellow creative writers, to work on creative writing exercises, share your work to receive supportive criticism and ideas in a friendly and stimulating environment.
Brainstorm - The Function of Dialogue
Writing exercise 1 - Bad News
Writing exercise 2 - The Balance of Power
Refreshments.
Writing exercise 3 - The Power of Silence
Comments from participants:
"It made me think - I was surprised how much I was capable of."
"Great stuff! The exercises made us think."
WRITE CONVINCING DIALOGUE
Saturday 18th September
2.00pm - 5.00pm
Finchley,
London N12
He said, she said, they said,...but how did they say it? Learn how to write convincing dialogue. The aim of the afternoon is to meet with fellow creative writers, to work on creative writing exercises, share your work to receive supportive criticism and ideas in a friendly and stimulating environment.
Brainstorm - The Function of Dialogue
Writing exercise 1 - Bad News
Writing exercise 2 - The Balance of Power
Refreshments.
Writing exercise 3 - The Power of Silence
Comments from participants:
"It made me think - I was surprised how much I was capable of."
"Great stuff! The exercises made us think."
Sunday, 12 September 2010
Focus on members: Rosie Canning
One of Rosie's short stories was published in York Tales. This anthology of contemporary writing includes twenty short stories inspired by Chaucer but set in the present day. 'The Old Wife's Tale', is set in York. Jeremy Bath is studying at York University, he only has one week left before he has to give a presentation on: 'What women really want in a relationship'. Poor Jeremy is stumped, they all want something different. He meets an old hag who says she can help but only if he promises to marry her!Rosie is a founding member of Greenacre Writers. She thought up the idea of starting a writer's group for novel writers in Finchley and invited three writerly friends to join her. After an evening of discussion, the Greenacre Writers, Finish That Novel, group was formed. She also runs a Life Writing and Short Story Group and is a facilitator of Creative Writing Workshops. She is currently re-working a novel: Ways of Remembering, a literary fiction about a woman who can fly.
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Tuesday, 31 August 2010
Launch of Short Story Competition
Join us for the launch of our nationwide Short Story competition at Waterstones, 782 High Road, North Finchley, N12 8JY on Sunday 5th September between 3.00-5.00pm.
Find out more about our competition and pick up an entry form. Meet members of Greenacre Writers and find out more about our groups and creative writing days.
We look forward to meeting you there.
A few photos from the launch:
(From left to right) Rosie Canning, Lianne Kolirin, Linda Dell, Lindsay Bamfield
Lianne Kolirin (judge for the Greenacre Writers Short Story Competition)
Find out more about our competition and pick up an entry form. Meet members of Greenacre Writers and find out more about our groups and creative writing days.
We look forward to meeting you there.
A few photos from the launch:
(From left to right) Rosie Canning, Lianne Kolirin, Linda Dell, Lindsay Bamfield
Lianne Kolirin (judge for the Greenacre Writers Short Story Competition)
Monday, 9 August 2010
Greenacre Short Story Competition
To take part in our short story competition please e-mail greenacrewriters@gmail.com to request an entry form. (You may print/copy as many as you need)
Greenacre Short Story Competition - up to 2,000 words on any subject.
Closing date 31.3.2011
1st prize: £100.00, 2nd prize: £50.00 3rd prize: £20.00
Entry fee: £5.00 per story
Greenacre Short Story Competition - up to 2,000 words on any subject.
Closing date 31.3.2011
1st prize: £100.00, 2nd prize: £50.00 3rd prize: £20.00
Entry fee: £5.00 per story
Friday, 6 August 2010
Mass Observation Community Online (MOCO)
The Greenacre Project has recently become part of an exciting new project and needs your help!
The Mass Observation Communities Online (MOCO) project is working together with community groups from across the country, and we are happy to be one of them.
The project, which is based at the University of Sussex, uses Mass Observation material to assist people to record the changing history of their own communities. The Mass Observation Archive specialises in material about everyday life in Britain. For over 60 years, it has been developing questionnaires and diary writing techniques which build up a picture of life round the country. (see attached history)
The MOCO project is making a selection of MOA material freely available online for the first time. You can visit the MOCO website on www.mocoproject.org.uk and look at the material there and also see how you can become involved.
As a member of Greenacres, you are invited to take part in the project through a series of easy tasks including photography, diary writing and answering a questionnaire.
Learn more about the project at www.mocoproject.org.uk or contact me for further details.
HOW TO TAKE PART:
Answer our questionnaire: this task gives your group members a unique opportunity to answer a historical MO questionnaire from the 1930s!
Questionnaire
Keep a diary for a day: this task invites individuals to write a diary about their experiences and feelings for a day.
Keep a diary for a day
Observe life in a café: this task invites individuals to observe and record life in a café for an afternoon.
Record life in a cafe
Photograph a street: this task invites individuals to take 6 photos or a 5 minute video of their neighbourhood or an area of interest.
Photograph a street
Individuals can participate in any and as many of the tasks as they like. There will be the option for participants to contribute anonymously if desired. All material contributed by your group members will show on you group’s own MOCO page on www.mocoproject.org.uk.
MOCO invites you to participate in…
A day in your Life: 12th August 2010
We are inviting community groups to participate in an exciting nation-wide one day history-making event…
In 1937, Mass Observation (www.massobs.org.uk) called for people from all parts of the UK to record everything they did and thought from when they woke up in the morning to when they went to sleep at night on 12th May. The resulting diaries provide a wonderful glimpse into the everyday lives of all sorts of people in the late 1930s. They are stored, with many other diaries and papers, at the Mass Observation Archive at the University of Sussex.
Mass Observation Communities Online (www.mocoproject.org.uk) is expanding upon this tradition by asking community groups to participate in a nation-wide initiative. On August 12th we are inviting community group members to submit a photo diary of their day (six photos) or a written account of their day via the MOCO website.
The MOCO team does all of the work – the only thing your community group needs to do is ask your group members to participate via our user friendly website – we can provide you with all the relevant information.
With participation across the country, we are aiming to create a national archive of written and photographic accounts that will reflect a day in the life, not only of individuals across the UK, but also of the members of your specific communities. This will result in a valuable record of your community or organisation that each group will be able to keep. The submissions will also be displayed on the MOCO online archive and donated to the historic Mass Observation Archive.
For more information contact: greenacrewriters@gmail.com
The Mass Observation Communities Online (MOCO) project is working together with community groups from across the country, and we are happy to be one of them.
The project, which is based at the University of Sussex, uses Mass Observation material to assist people to record the changing history of their own communities. The Mass Observation Archive specialises in material about everyday life in Britain. For over 60 years, it has been developing questionnaires and diary writing techniques which build up a picture of life round the country. (see attached history)
The MOCO project is making a selection of MOA material freely available online for the first time. You can visit the MOCO website on www.mocoproject.org.uk and look at the material there and also see how you can become involved.
As a member of Greenacres, you are invited to take part in the project through a series of easy tasks including photography, diary writing and answering a questionnaire.
Learn more about the project at www.mocoproject.org.uk or contact me for further details.
HOW TO TAKE PART:
Answer our questionnaire: this task gives your group members a unique opportunity to answer a historical MO questionnaire from the 1930s!
Questionnaire
Keep a diary for a day: this task invites individuals to write a diary about their experiences and feelings for a day.
Keep a diary for a day
Observe life in a café: this task invites individuals to observe and record life in a café for an afternoon.
Record life in a cafe
Photograph a street: this task invites individuals to take 6 photos or a 5 minute video of their neighbourhood or an area of interest.
Photograph a street
Individuals can participate in any and as many of the tasks as they like. There will be the option for participants to contribute anonymously if desired. All material contributed by your group members will show on you group’s own MOCO page on www.mocoproject.org.uk.
MOCO invites you to participate in…
A day in your Life: 12th August 2010
We are inviting community groups to participate in an exciting nation-wide one day history-making event…
In 1937, Mass Observation (www.massobs.org.uk) called for people from all parts of the UK to record everything they did and thought from when they woke up in the morning to when they went to sleep at night on 12th May. The resulting diaries provide a wonderful glimpse into the everyday lives of all sorts of people in the late 1930s. They are stored, with many other diaries and papers, at the Mass Observation Archive at the University of Sussex.
Mass Observation Communities Online (www.mocoproject.org.uk) is expanding upon this tradition by asking community groups to participate in a nation-wide initiative. On August 12th we are inviting community group members to submit a photo diary of their day (six photos) or a written account of their day via the MOCO website.
The MOCO team does all of the work – the only thing your community group needs to do is ask your group members to participate via our user friendly website – we can provide you with all the relevant information.
With participation across the country, we are aiming to create a national archive of written and photographic accounts that will reflect a day in the life, not only of individuals across the UK, but also of the members of your specific communities. This will result in a valuable record of your community or organisation that each group will be able to keep. The submissions will also be displayed on the MOCO online archive and donated to the historic Mass Observation Archive.
For more information contact: greenacrewriters@gmail.com
Tuesday, 3 August 2010
Focus on Members: Linda Louisa Dell
Linda Louisa Dell has had several magazine articles printed in The Lady and Prediction.
Her first book, Can’t Sleep Won’t Sleep (reasons and remedies for insomnia) was published in 2005. Dreamtime (A History, Mythology, Physiology and Guide to the Interpretation of Dreams) was published in 2008. Aphrodisiacs, Aphrodite’s Secrets, was published in 2009 and Mystic Moon, (a history of the world’s mythology surrounding the moon) is due to be published in 2010. All were published by Capall Bann.
She published her first novel: Yes, and Pigs Might Fly in 2010 with AuthorHouse (078-1-4490-9158-3) £10.50.
She is now working on second novel called: Sundowners, African Nights, a love story set in London and in South Africa.
See link for further information.
Her first book, Can’t Sleep Won’t Sleep (reasons and remedies for insomnia) was published in 2005. Dreamtime (A History, Mythology, Physiology and Guide to the Interpretation of Dreams) was published in 2008. Aphrodisiacs, Aphrodite’s Secrets, was published in 2009 and Mystic Moon, (a history of the world’s mythology surrounding the moon) is due to be published in 2010. All were published by Capall Bann.
She published her first novel: Yes, and Pigs Might Fly in 2010 with AuthorHouse (078-1-4490-9158-3) £10.50.
She is now working on second novel called: Sundowners, African Nights, a love story set in London and in South Africa.
See link for further information.
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