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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I'm running four workshops between September and December 2024, 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.
​You are welcome to book individual workshops via Eventbrite (see links below).
If you’d like to block book the four scheduled zoom workshops from January-April for £48 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 2025
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Let's Talk Stories is back! Spring dates and information here!
Zoom Workshops
11th January 2025: Let in the Light: Reflect, Renew, Recharge
It’s our New Year Special! Reflect on where you are with your writing. Consider where you’d like to be. What is holding you back? Set some goals, evaluate your writing practice. Plus some snappy prompts and zinging challenges to ping your creative synapses into shape for 2025!
8th February 2025: The Art Of Telling Stories
Narrative is what drives a piece of writing forward, whether it be flash fiction or a trilogy of novels. In this workshop we’ll look at some ways to make story work for you. We’ll look at simple structures and you’ll come up with the shape of your next brand new story. We’ll discuss the value of boiling your story down to one line, look at the questions we need to ask our story drafts, and talk about conflict.
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8th March, 2025: Characters: Build Yourself A Villain
​They say the devil has all the best lines. In this workshop we’ll look at antagonists in stories, the ones that provide the conflict for our heroes, in whatever form, to overcome. What makes a really truly deliciously bad villain? The one we love to hate, that sends a shiver of fear down our spines? In this workshop we’ll think about how to make our anti-heros three-dimensional, gripping and effective.
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5th April 2025: Stuck In The Middle With You
Are you writing a long piece of fiction? Your first novel? That difficult second album? Are you getting bogged down, bored and miserable? Are you…stuck?? Come along to shake up your chapters, re-evaluate what you are writing, look at your novel with fresh eyes, and come up with a plan.
(You don't have to be writing a novel to find value in this workshop! Good for anyone who wants to get out of a rut!)