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SUMMARY:Faber Academy: Writing for Children (12 Weeks\, Evening Sessions)
DESCRIPTION:Kickstart your path to writing your first novel for younger readers in our Newcastle Writing for Children course. \nLed by Faber author Chloe Daykin\, you’ll build all the core skills needed to write stories for children in this wide-ranging\, adventurous course. \nCovering fiction for children aged six to twelve (with a little experimentation beyond)\, you’ll benefit from everything Chloe knows about this difficult craft – worlds that keep kids immersed\, dialogue that convinces them\, humour that gets giggles and more. \nYou’ll be joined by like-minded writers on your creative journey\, as well as benefiting from masterclasses and talks from guest authors. \nThe course will take place on Thursday evenings\, from 7–9 p.m. at The Common Room\, in the heart of Newcastle city centre. \nCourse Programme can be found on the course page here
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LOCATION:The Common Room\, Westgate Road\, Newcastle upon Tyne\, NE1 1SE\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Faber Academy: Writing Day with Amy Key
DESCRIPTION:How can we craft personal narrative stories that can leave us stunned with self-recognition? \nIn this workshop\, led by acclaimed memoirist Amy Key\, you will write together using exercises which interrogate the nature of memory\, what defines our writing voice and why we tell the stories we tell to come up with new ideas. \nSuitable for complete beginners and people with a work in progress\, the workshop will be relaxed\, warm and above all\, generative. \nSuitable for a novelist\, short-story writer\, memoirist\, essayist\, poet – or a combination of these – a complete beginner or an experienced writer\, this one-off workshop will be relaxed\, warm and above all\, generative. \nSchedule\nThis course takes place over a full Saturday at The Light in Durham\, as part of Durham Book Festival. \n11.00–16.00\nWriting Day with\nAmy Key\nIn this one-day masterclass on crafting personal narratives\, memorist Amy Key will guide you through a series of close readings\, generative exercises and discussions to reimagine how you might write about our experiences. \nThere will be an hour break during the workshop.
URL:https://thecommonroom.org.uk/event/faber-academy-writing-day-with-amy-key/
LOCATION:The Common Room\, Westgate Road\, Newcastle upon Tyne\, NE1 1SE\, United Kingdom
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