Creative Writing Workshops London (CWWL) was established in 2017 by prize-winning novelist, Diane Chandler, and Stephanie Zia, novelist and publisher at Blackbird Books. Together we have hosted oodles of half-day kitchen-table workshops in West London and since lockdown we have gone online with our new, fun, one-hour Zoom workshops.

Our workshop trademarks are:

Interactive - a mixture of lectures, discussion and writing exercises. Join in or sit and listen. You never have to speak, or read out, if you don't want to.

Inspirational - suitable for beginners and for any writer who would like a creative boost.

Informal - a cosy safe and above all, kind space where writers of all levels may feel confident and relax into the fun. Laughter generally guaranteed.

Stand-alone - try a class and, if you enjoy it, you may want to come back for more!

Our next Workshop for Beginners will be:

Date: Tuesday 1st February 6-7pm

Theme: Begin Plotting & Unleash Your Imagination

Introductions

Warm-up exercise

Mini-lecture on how to go about plotting your novel/short story : it really is about beginning, middle and end, but so much more too...

Two fun exercises on plotting - begin to create stories using our props and prompts

The opportunity to read one exercise out (optional)

Optional homework with brief feedback if desired.

Feedback from our Zoom workshops

'Fun, collaborative and helpful. Much less daunting than I feared.'

'Can't tell you how much I enjoyed the first workshop and how fired up I was after it.'

'Has finally given me the confidence and springboard to write'

'Some great exercises to keep the creative juices flowing, as always.'

'A fun, safe and inspiring environment which has left me with a lot of food for thought.'