OUR STORIES OUR GOLD.
A weekly online Creative Writing group in which you can hone your writing skills, develop your own style and learn to express yourself through words.
The regular classes help you to stay focussed and the sharing of your work builds up confidence in your voice as a writer. Some people have writing projects they are working on and some have no idea what they want to write but they all agree that the classes are lively, enjoyable and reflective.
‘Don’t be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth.’ RUMI.
We are born story-makers. Words have power. We are swimming in a sea of words, gleaned from conversations, TV, social media, newspapers and books. We remember words that have hurt us and equally words that have healed us. We create stories about our lives and nurse them close to our chests. Over time they become edited and embellished and we share them with others who keep those stories alive by doing the same. And so it goes on…
Creative writing is a continuation of a process that comes to us naturally. It is an anchoring of what you want to say so that others can enter the world that you have created.
Over the past couple of years, we have looked at different types of writing including Poetry, Short Stories, Novels, Journaling, Memoirs, Flash Fiction, Myths and Fairytales. We have explored how to build a sense of place, and how to use our senses to make the world we have created more authentic, using examples in literature to inspire and inform. We revisit topics so that the learning is layered and builds week upon week. Everyone has a chance to share their ideas, recommend books/poems that have inspired and discuss their own writing if they wish to.