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HYPERLINK "http://www.crystalclearcreators.org" www.crystalclearcreators.org
in association with
the Department of English and Drama
and
Loughborough University Development Trust
and
the Alumni Association
present a
CREATIVE WRITING DAYSCHOOL
Saturday 20 May in the Martin Hall,
Loughborough University (Room NN007)
as part of the In the Beginning project
This dayschool was made possible with the kind help of a grant from Loughborough University Development Trust and Alumni Association. It is the first of two dayschools as part of Crystal Clear Creators In the beginning project.
DAYSCHOOL 1 : 20 May 2006
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
(Gospel According to St. John)
Creative Writing Dayschool, 20 May
TIMETABLE
9.30-10amRegistration
10-11.30amWorkshop 1: Flash FictionMystie Hood
11.30-11.45amBreak
11.45-1.15pmWorkshop 2: Storytelling
Carolyn Scott-Jeffs1.15-2.15pmLunch break
2.15-3.45Workshop 3:
Freeing the Writing Experience
Kate Delamere
DESCRIPTIONS OF WORKSHOPS
(20 May 2006)
Dear writer,
Welcome to this dayschool. The main point of today is enjoyment, so I do hope you enjoy the day and benefit from the classes, seminars and workshops.
The dayschool is part of an ongoing project Crystal Clear Creators is running with help from Loughborough University Development Trust and the Alumni Association. The project is called In the beginning. Many thanks to the Development Trust and Alumni Association for their interest and help.
The aim of the project is to run a series of two dayschools in Loughborough University on creative writing. Thereafter, Crystal Clear Creators will upload some of the work developed in and after the workshops onto its website ( HYPERLINK "http://www.crystalclearcreators.org" www.crystalclearcreators.org) and publish a short anthology of short stories and poetry called In the Beginning. The anthology will be professionally produced, edited and will be sold through bookshops and the internet. After the workshops, please consider rewriting and developing some of the writing and send it to me (Jonathan Taylor, HYPERLINK "mailto:J.P.Taylor1@lboro.ac.uk" J.P.Taylor1@lboro.ac.uk) for consideration for the website and/or the anthology. Its your chance to get your work published, so do take advantage of the opportunity!
Many thanks, and enjoy the day,
Jonathan Taylor,
Crystal Clear Creators.
Short Descriptions of Individual Workshops, 20 May 2006
The Story in an Hour: Introduction to Flash Fiction with Mystie Hood
This workshop introduces some effective principles for writing flash fiction: Simplicity, Going for the Jugular, and Trimming the Fat. Through a series of exercises and writing prompts, each writer will work to create a story in an hour.
Storytelling with Carolyn Scott-Jeffs
This workshop will be on storytelling. Without giving too much away (its important that there is a surprise element!) please come prepared to share funny / sad / tragic / shocking or just plain everyday happenings with the rest of the group. You will need a notebook and pen and be expected to read your work aloud.
Freeing the writing experience with Kate Delamere
Break from clich, stereotype and your own viewpoint. This is a practical workshop to free your mind and find a characters true voice.
AFTER THE DAYSCHOOL
Please take away the work you have drafted in the seminars and workshops today and rework it. Then please do submit it to be considered for Crystal Clear Creators website and for the anthology we will be publishing at the end of the project. Please send any poetry, prose or short scripts to Jonathan Taylor at HYPERLINK mailto:J.P.Taylor1@lboro.ac.uk J.P.Taylor1@lboro.ac.uk (electronic copies only in the first instance). Stories should be no more than 1000 words, poems no more than two pages in length. If you want to find out more about the other dayschools we are running, contact Robin Webber-Jones at HYPERLINK mailto:rwebberjones@yahoo.com rwebberjones@yahoo.com
ABOUT THE PRESENTERS AND ORGANISERS
Kate Delamere is a former national newspaper, magazine and television journalist living in Leicester. She now combines creative writing teaching with journalism.
Mystie Hood is a PhD student in Creative Writing at Loughborough University. She holds a B.A. in English and B.F.A. in Theatre from Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri, and an M.A. in English from the University of Cincinnati. Her fiction recently appeared in the anthology, Speaking Words: Writing for Reading Aloud. She is also the winner of The Baltimore Reviews 2005 Short Fiction Competition. She is currently working on her first novel.
Carolyn Scott-Jeffs
After achieving an MA in Playwriting Studies at Birmingham University, Carolyn has written and had performed stage plays: Having it All, Wenches, Out in the Garden and Tarnished Wings. Out in the Garden was a sell-out success at the Finborough Theatre, London and transferred to the Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh. Her first Radio 4 play, Square Circle Triangle, was short-listed for the Richard Imison Award, and her radio version of Tarnished Wings was broadcast last year. She has written several episodes of the BBC1 serial Doctors and is currently writing her first novel, Renard the Refugee, and another stage play, My Dad Thinks Hes Henry V111.
She was Visiting Writer to University of the West of England from 2003-2005 and lectures in Playwriting at Loughborough University and Birmingham University.
Jonathan Taylor is convenor of the M.A. strand in Creative Writing at Loughborough University. He has had short stories published in various magazines including Staple, Raw Edge, Kimota, The Coffee House, Xenos, A Chides Alphabet and The Wandering Dog. His work has been performed live at various venues. He has also had radio plays recorded and broadcast; these include The Music Master which was commissioned by East Midlands Arts, and a comedy-soap called The Willows for Carillon Radio. He is the co-founder and co-director of Crystal Clear Creators. In 2003, he was awarded an Arts Council grant to research and write a novel-length memoir, which will be published in 2007 by Granta.
ABOUT THE ORGANISATION
Crystal Clear Creators is a not-for-profit organisation which develops, records and showcases new and established talent for radio, including writers, voice-overs and producers. It has recorded radio drama, poetry and prose. It is developing links with radio stations across the region as well as with the B.B.C. It has had material broadcast on Resonance FM, Virtually American, Heat FM, Loughborough Campus Radio, Takeover Radio and others. It is currently developing programmes for Carillon Radio, Rutland Radio, Oneword and Takeover Radio. It has hosted various public events in Loughborough and Leicester. Its website is HYPERLINK "http://www.crystalclearcreators.org" www.crystalclearcreators.org. Crystal Clear Creators is funded by the Arts Council England, National Lottery schemes, Riverside Housing, Ernest Cook Trust, Loughborough University Development Trust, and other bodies.
Membership of Crystal Clear Creators is 5 yearly. The fee for today includes a years membership of Crystal Clear Creators. As a member, you will receive regular newsletters and can appear on our website, simply by sending us contact details and a short biography (say, 4-5 lines). Crystal Clear Creators is always looking to record and produce new work. As a member, you are entitled to have your work considered for recording and broadcasting via the website. You will also have the opportunity to work on the various programmes we are currently producing for local radio stations.
Good writing according to Orwell .
1. Never use a metaphor, simile, or other figure of speech which you are used to seeing in print.
2. Never us a long word where a short one will do.
3. If it is possible to cut a word out, always cut it out.
4. Never use the passive where you can use the active.
5. Never use a foreign phrase, a scientific word, or a jargon word if you can think of an everyday English equivalent.
6. Break any of these rules sooner than say anything outright barbarous.
(Orwell, Politics and the English Language (1946)).
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