News & Updates

2013 PC600SS results now in
20-05-2013 
Please click here to view the results of the competition.

2013-14 Advanced Poets Course
16-05-2013 
Commencing 15 June 2013
Applications open now!
Session times: 1.30 - 4.30 pm


Memoir, Biography & Life Writing Course with Dr Maureen-Helen
18-04-2013 
Commencing 2 June for 8 fortnightly sessions from 2-5 pm, concluding 8 September 2013

2013 Patron's Prize for Poets
29-03-2013 
Entries are now open for the 2013 Patron's Prize for Poets competition.    Closing Date: 31 May 2013

In-house Editor available for 2013!
27-02-2013 
Please click for more information.

2013 Advanced Writers Workshop Series
20-12-2012 
Commencing 16 February 2013. Registrations now open

Women's Writing Group
23-05-2012 
WWG is now in recess until 2013. Resuming 7 February

Volunteer Writing Facilitators Wanted
23-05-2012 
For our Saturday morning Creative Writing Group
10 am to 12 midday
See our advert for more info!


Archive

Creative Writing Homework

15/09/2012

Write 600-1000 words about a person who is writing something and is suffering from extreme writers block or using very effective procrastination techniques to not write anything


26/05/2012

Choose a book and write a story based on the first line of the book.

or

Use this line in a story:
I am just tucking the sheet back when I see her little eyes are open and she's watching.



05/05/2012

Write a story about a pair of lovers on a beach.




28/04/2012

Creative Writing Homework
Write a story with "chameleon" as the theme. Pay special attention to and employ semicolons (;) and dashes (-) where appropriate.

Creative Poetry Homework

This is a new poetry group. If you would like to join this group, please contact the centre for further details.

Write an acrostic poem using the word CELEBRATION.

For example

PENNY
Perfunctorily he arose,
Ever so lightly to his feet,
Navigating across the floor in flight,
Named only by his penchant for,
Youthful companions on his arm.


21/04/2012

Write a conversation between two liars. Employ double or triple meaning to their speech. Have the reader come to the conclusion that the characters are lying by the dialog being said.


14/04/2012

'I painted the bath bright red and was delighted at the result... ' or continue the work started on Saturday 'Charlie pushed open the gate and walked up the familiar path. He knocked three times on the door and waited. 'Hello, Mum,' he said...


07/04/2012

No Saturday session due to Easter.


31/03/2012

We all have stories, ideas and characters in mind. Write a scene involving your inspired character.

NOTE: This exercise works best for larger stories, such as a novel or a long short story. It allows the writer to explore snippets of important story events before tackling the mammoth task of writing the novel in its entirety.

or

Easter is around the corner. Write an Easter-themed story.

 

17/03/2012

Dialogue

Now to get your creative juices working, write at least half a page of dialogue between two people arguing about a cuckoo clock they had inherited.


10/03/2012

News Paper

  1. The news paper is a rich source of story ideas. Find an inspiring article and write a story based on the events.
  2. Modernise a fairytale or well-known story. Example, the feature film "Pretty Woman" is a modern retelling of Cinderella.

 


 
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