Forthcoming events include:  

Make Time to Write - All in the Game

Saturday 12 July, Windermere Library

• Stuck for ideas?
• Tired of sitting at the desk on your own trying to create a masterpiece?
• Wondering why you ever thought you were a writer?

 Join us for a writing day that will enthuse, entertain and motivate you ……..

• Share your memories of sodden school sports days, or fantasise about handsome bowlers in cricket whites. 
• Follow a host of characters to win or lose the race.

 £35 (£30 Word Market members).

10.00 am – 4.00 pm

 To book or further information, email info@wordmarket.org.uk

Writing Workshop - The Beautiful Beat

A Fiction Writing Workshop Exploring the Links Between Music and Words

Wednesday 16 July

 

Music and words are intertwined. All words – spoken or written, prose, drama or poetry – have their own rhythm. And everything we say contains pitch and melody (or discord). The roots of storytelling lie in song and chants.  

In this workshop we’ll look at how musical concepts (rhythm, tone, and pitch) can be applied to fiction. We’ll explore the use of repetition and themes, and try using poetic techniques such as rhyme and assonance to make our prose melodious (or the opposite, if that’s what a piece requires). We’ll do some writing in response to music played on the day.   

Music forms the backdrop to our lives. It’s present at every major occasion. Sometimes we feel we can’t get away from it. In the workshop we’ll also try writing narrative in which particular pieces of music play a major role. And we’ll attempt to capture in words the sensation of making music, both with instruments, and with that most fundamental tool, our own voices.   

 £35 (£30 Word Market members).

10.00 am – 4.00 pm

 To book or further information, email info@wordmarket.org.uk

More Word Market Writing Days

Saturday 13 September - Stories My Mother Told Me

Victory Hall, Broughton-in-Furness

 

Family stories or traditional stories, next time you’re stuck for an idea, just borrow one. Dip into the stories you already know and turn them into exciting new fiction.

 

Saturday 15 November - Murder, Mystery and Mayhem

Barrow Library

 

Dark nights and street lights. Ghostly horrors and villains who thrill. Discover your dark side. Create stories to send a shiver down the spine.