CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOPS (8 week beginners courses will start again in September!)

TUTOR: David Bottomley

1. FINDING YOUR INNER VOICE (Fridays 10am - 12)

    Unlocking self expression

Often we are blocked, mentally and physically or by psychological conditioning. We don’t give ourselves permission to indulge in creative thought and expression. We make a multitude of excuses; too busy, career, children, stress or an illness or bereavement has taken over and stifled self expression.

This eight week beginners course offers a friendly, safe, supportive environment for you to start to unlock and explore your subconscious and find the voice within to give expression to your creative writing.  Whether you’re interest is poetry, journal, memoir, short story or script, come and discover the satisfaction in writing for self expression and personal development.

2. WRITING YOUR MEMOIR (Fridays 1.30-3.30pm)

    How to tell the story of your life  

Everyone it seems is publishing their memoirs these days, some with remarkable success. Whether it’s Cherie Blair or Belle du Jour, The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion or Rifling Through My Drawers by Clarissa Dickson Wright. Even Jordan’s fourth foray or Russell Brand in My Booky Wook. No one, it seems, is too young or old to tell their story. Everyone has a unique journey and path they have taken or been forced to take in life. Learn how to tell yours in a friendly, supportive group with confidence and a critical eye.

Tutor David Bottomley supports you in making your own story the centre of study. Through exercises, reading out, and critical group feedback learn the tools to help you craft your story. Leave with a draft of your memoir to continue in your own time or in further classes.

For more information, please contact David on 07932 411 455 or email him at sunflowerwriters@hotmail.com.