Creative Writing
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We aim to invite members to write with confidence in a variety of genres, including short fiction, poetry, drama or memoir; to offer feedback on writing; and to provide advice and suggestions for development. We are open to writers at all levels of experience. Members write a very varied and enjoyable selection of work each time: serious, humorous, dramatic, verse, prose, or drama. The atmosphere is relaxed, friendly and constructive: we try to be helpful to each other.
For each meeting, a suggested starter prompt of some kind is given in advance - for example, a topic, a title, or a format. It is also open to members to write in whatever way they wish, on any subject or in any style that catches their imagination. They produce a piece of prose or verse for discussion at the next meeting. This writing is then shared online in advance. At meetings, each member reads their piece - or an extract from it and this is discussed by the group.
In 2022-23, the Creative Writing Group met regularly and participants produced a varied and interesting range of writing in poetry and prose.