Creative Writing Workshops

 

What will we do?

Perhaps you’re beginning a novel or story or series of poems about love, or even love in later life. These interactive workshops will look at the questions you ask at the beginning of writing any love story. Week by week, Andrew Meehan (Glasgow, in-person) and Jane Archer (online) will encourage you to consider the shape of your love story, and to point yourself, and your characters, in the right directionYou can expect practical advice - as well as practical exercises - that will help you shape your thinking even before you’ve put pen to paper.

 

Where and When?

There are options to attend in-person and online weekly workshops across June and July. The workshops will last two hours per week.

Glasgow-based workshops

  • Dates: 3rd, 10th, 17th, 24th June & 1st July
  • Time: 10 am - 12 pm
  • Location: University of Strathclyde (exact location TBC)

Online workshops

  • Dates: 3rd, 10th, 17th, 24th June & 1st July
  • Time: 5 pm - 7 pm
  • Location: Online via Zoom - details will be shared with participants

Workshop Structure

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Weekly Themes

  • Week one: Beginning & ending
  • Week two: Externalising the internal
  • Week three: Love takes time
  • Week four: Character emotion vs. reader emotion
  • Week five: Winning and losing at love
  • Week six: Ending & beginning

How to sign up

Places will be offered on a first-come, first-serve basis. Please only sign up if you are available to attend all sessions. 

Register your place by emailing us with the subject header "Creative Writing Workshop" and noting your preference for the online or in-person session.

Email: loveinlaterlife@strath.ac.uk

Other ways to get involved

  • Reading Groups
  • Letter-exchange
  • Anthology of writing on love in later life