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After the sell-out success of the Brighton festival Scavenger Hunt – this fun, family friendly writing event has moved homes – to The Writer’s Place – with New Writing South. We’ll be back on the last Sunday of every month – and each time there’ll be a different theme and a new location – you’ll never write the same thing twice!
There’s something hidden on the streets of Brighton. Stories and poems lurk in every corner and it’s your job to find them! From your base at The Writers’ Place, you’ll be sent out with your secret, writing mission in a sealed envelope. Break the seal and follow the instructions inside, to scavenge together the ideas and inspiration for a story. Eavesdrop on people’s conversations, explore hidden spaces or find a trail of strange objects that tell their own tales. Then return to base with your notes and as Chief Story Scavenger – I”l help you turn what you found into a story or poem. This fun, 2 hour writing workshop for young writers aged 8-12 and their mums and dads, will get everyone’s imagination working
Bookings are with New Writing South, through their website. Tickets are just £20 for 1 adult and 1 child.
To celebrate National Flash Fiction Day – this month’s Waterstones Writing Workshop will have the theme of Flash! If you’ve never tried writing this oh-so-short but incredibly satisfying form of fiction – then this is your opportunity to try it. We’ll be using a range of picture prompts to write short short stories of 300, 200 or even 100 words.
Just for June, the Waterstones Writing Workshops will be on the FIRST MONDAY of the month (not the 1st Thursday) – June 3rd, from 5.30 – 6.45pm in the Waterstones Cafe. Join us for fun and inspiring creative writing games and exercises – all linked to our monthly theme. All writers welcome, whatever their level of experience – absolute beginners to Nobel Laureates! No need to sign up or register – just turn up with paper and a pen. There will be NO workshop in July – but we’ll be back in August on our usual 1st Thursday.
We are now a big and friendly group of writers (often 30 plus) – and I’m very grateful to Waterstones and Costa for continuing to host us for FREE. As a courtesy to them and to ensure we start the class on time – PLEASE can you arrive before 5.30pm, so that you have time to find a chair, order your tea or coffee and get settled before we start the class. This means Sky, the Costa manager, doesn’t get run off his feet and we all get maximum writing time. Thank you!
Waterstones is near the Clock Tower – 71 – 74 North Street, Brighton, BN1 1ZA Tel: 0843 290 8181 Email me at storyscavenger@gmail.com if you have any questions.
I Am Here
By Mrs B | May 8, 2013
I am still alive guys, please don’t give up on me just yet! I have plans to get back in the blogging saddle if I can just break away from The Simpsons Tapped Out and reruns of Keeping Up With Kardashians. It will happen, I promise! Now pass the remote… 
Today I’m travelling to Malmö for the Swedish National Poetry Slam Championships. Last night my team (Jens Börjesson, Ann Dahlström & Erica Engdahl) did a dress rehearsal at Acoustic Stage in Växjö and it was all good fun trying out our team piece!
Photo: Marie Nilsson
You might think that, as a freelance copywriter, I must spend some of my time convincing people to hire me. But I don’t. I’ll happily tell people about my experiences as a copywriter and the clients I’ve written for. I’ll even talk about my education and previous career. But I will not attempt to ‘sell’ [...]
Some time ago I shared my Spotify playlist of tracks I listen to when I’m writing copy. That playlist got played to death, so I’ve been working on a new one. Few of these songs have vocals, and the ones that do are either muted or in a foreign language, so they don’t distract me. [...]
The Amnesty International Brighton & Hove Group newsletter for May is out. It includes great news about our recent success with securing an international Arms Trade Treaty and updates from our campaign coordinators. I wrote a piece about my experiences at the Amnesty International UK National Conference and AGM where I represented the local campaign [...]
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I know when to go out, I know when to stay in, get things done….
