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 been 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 (open to all) will be one of our popular Writing Workouts:

Date: Tuesday 8th February, 6-7pmGMT

Theme: Three Back-to Back Exercises (with group feedback if desired)

Introductions

Top writing tip of the week

Three fun 10-15 minute back-to-back exercises

The chance to read out one exercise each at the end :

Choose one exercise to share with the group for quick feedback if desired (positive feedback only, given the speed / unpolished nature of the exercises)

- Optional - choose one exercise to work up later for homework and brief feedback from either Diane or Stephanie.

- No pressure to share...

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.'

Photo below used with kind permission of all participants.