Do you want to put pen to paper? Join us for a guided writing hour with children's writer and editor Clare Povey.
Clare will get you started with some goal setting, a creating writing prompt and a creative writing exercise to get you back into the mind of your inner child. You'll then have 25 minutes to work on your work in progress. During this time you're welcome to ask advice of Clare and your fellow writers, to share where you are getting stuck and to ask Clare your questions about writing for children and the publishing process.
At the end of the session you'll be encouraged to feedback to the group, share a line you're proud of, and plant a seed for your next writing session.
The session will take place online via Teams. Please note, it will not be recorded, but the exercises will be circulated if you aren't able to attend last minute.
Clare Povey is the author of middle grade books The Unexpected Tale of Bastien Bonlivre, a Waterstones Children’s Book of the Month, The Bad Brothers, The Wanderdays: Journey to Fantome Island and The Midnight Sweet Factory. She is also a freelance children’s book editor, specialising in middle grade.
She joined the Writers’ & Artists’ Yearbook team in 2016 at Bloomsbury Publishing. She is the Content & Partnerships Manager at writersandartists.co.uk and established the Writers' & Artists' Working-Class Writers' Prize, providing writers with author mentoring and publishing opportunities and support.
The session fee of £5 (incl. VAT) is payable in full online. Please note that payment instalment plans are available for all W&A events, writing courses and editing services. Contact W&A Admin on [email protected] so that we can find a payment schedule that works for you.
This is a live online event which will be presented using video conferencing software. Joining instructions and full guidance will be provided by the W&A Team a week before the event start-date. Please note, all event timings are in UK time.
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Accessible to All
- It’s of real importance to Writers & Artists that our events and courses remain accessible to all.
- Writers & Artists has made one bursary place available for this event as part of our accessibility scheme. Please visit our bursaries page to find out how to apply for a bursary to the event.
- Payment instalment plans are available for all W&A events, writing courses and editing services. Contact W&A Admin on [email protected] so that we can find a payment schedule that works for you.
- At the speaker's discretion, event materials will be made available to attendees after the masterclass.
- This event will include written text and visuals. Please contact us in advance so that we can make arrangements to be sure all documents appear in a format that works for you.
- If you’d like to attend but have any questions or concerns regarding accessibility, then please email [email protected]
