Online Workshops
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Creative Writing Online Workshops
'A brilliant environment for learning and sharing’ ​
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I have been running regular Bath and Bristol based writing workshops for many years. Since the pandemic, I mainly run workshops online. This enables participants to join from anywhere in the world, from the comfort of their own writing space. The group meets on Zoom, on a Saturday morning.
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For all scheduled online workshops see below.
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All workshops are run by me, Clare Reddaway, founder of A Word In Your Ear. I am an experienced facilitator, award-winning short story writer and playwright. You can read more about my work here and read testimonials from my workshop participants here.
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All workshops run from 10.00-12.30 on Saturday mornings.
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The workshops cost £12 for each session, except for the March workshop which is £14.
​You are welcome to book individual workshops via Eventbrite (see links below).
If you’d like to block book the three scheduled zoom workshops from January-March for £38 you can escape the Eventbrite fee by booking direct with me. Please get in touch for bank details.
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New writing workshops scheduled for Spring 2026
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Let's Talk Stories is back! Click here for dates
Zoom Workshops
17th January 2026: Every Picture Tells A Story
In this workshop, we’ll be looking at pictures as a launch for your writing. If you find inspiration visually, this is one for you. We will share a wide variety of images and find the stories that spring out of them. Book into this workshop to give you some great ideas to get those stories flowing for the New Year.
14th February 2026: Love and Romance
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This workshop is all things romance - well, it’s Valentine’s Day after all! Love and heartbreak are the stuff of many a story from Price and Prejudice and Anna Karenina to romantasy, chick lit and airport block busters. It can be cheesy – but it doesn’t have to be. We’ll be channelling our inner Norah Ephron and sprinkling a bit of love dust into your writing.
7th March 2026: A Taste of Playwrighting
With Visiting Tutor Gill Kirk
Something a bit different! We’re going to look at plays, with visiting tutor Gill Kirk. We’ll focus on what turns something into a play; what playwriting demands that other formats don’t; what works and doesn’t when you’re writing for audiences, rooms, technicians and actors; and what permissions theatre can give you, that other formats can’t. We’ll explore and learn through practical exercises, so you can get a feel of what playwriting actually feels like when it’s in your own hands.
About Gill: Gill’s plays have been commissioned and produced across the UK, including at the New Wimbledon, Glasgow Arches, Theatre Royal Bath (Ustinov and egg) and Bristol’s Alma, Old Vic and Tobacco Factory. She’s written about dementia, climate dystopia, orgasms (lack of), community disintegration and wealthy abusive families - all with a twisted-mirror kind of dark comedy. She’s an established playwriting tutor and a script doctor, mostly recently as narrative consultant on feature documentary, The Consultant (HBO, BBC’s Storyville).