Friday 7 March – Friday 4 April 2025
10.30am – 12.30am
Led by Elizabeth Lewis Williams
£20 per workshop, or £80 if you book for all 5
For more information email elw0168@gmail.com
To book: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/kettsbooks/1589384
Please note this workshop is held on the second floor of Kett’s Books, up two flights of stairs. Unfortunately we have no lift.
Have you ever thought about writing but been unsure how to start? Or had an idea, but not been sure how to shape it? This short course with ELW will help you to put words on paper, think about how to shape your writing, and start to find your writer’s voice. It is also suitable for those who are working alone on a piece of writing, and would like the opportunity to try something different and write in the company of others.
Every workshop will combine discussion of short examples of text with writing exercises. Each workshop will be self-contained, but the five workshops have been designed as a short course.
Week 1: Tapping into Memory
This introductory session will think about different ways of tapping into vivid memories to start a piece of writing: a useful session for those wondering how to begin, or for those who are struggling with writer’s block!
Week 2: Writing from Objects
This week’s writing exercises will centre on objects with a personal significance, or which have another story to tell.
Week 3: Finding a Voice
What is voice? This week we will explore the different ways voice can be expressed in writing, from the writer’s voice to dialogue.
Week 4: Poetry – playing with form
From free verse to sonnet: this week we will look briefly at three different poetic forms, and try out a range of responses.
Week 5: Creative non-fiction
What is creative non-fiction? This week we will look at different ways of approaching non-fiction topics, from memoir to history
About Elizabeth
Elizabeth Lewis Williams is a Norwich-based poet and teacher. After many years spent teaching in schools, she completed an MA, followed by a PhD, in Creative Writing at the UEA. She has run workshops for the Writer’s Centre Norwich, for UEA, and as part of various book festivals, as well as delivering on-line and in-person workshops for scientific institutions and poetry groups. Her first book, Deception Island, was shortlisted for East Anglian book of the year in 2022. Her second book, Erebus, was published in October 2022. She is currently working on a book of creative non-fiction about ways of journeying to the Antarctic.