CREATIVE WRITING WITH PAT TROMANS
Just Write courses aim to create a space that encourages you to flex your writing muscles. I bring together small groups of like-minded people and we just get on with it!
MALVERN LIBRARY COURSE
Saturdays 10.30 – 12.30**
15th September - 20th October 2018
Get It Written! is designed to kick-start any writing project you would like to bring along. Maybe you don’t know where to start, or you’ve started and stalled. Maybe you know you want to write something, but don’t know what it is yet. This course will encourage you to produce a result, and is suitable for beginners and experienced writers.
The full price is £84 for 6 sessions.
Early booking discounted price £79, if you pay in full by 3rd September
Or pay a £20 deposit to secure your place, the £64 balance at the end of the first session on 15th September
** If the course becomes fully booked, I will consider running an afternoon session, subject to demand and room availability
For more information or to book a place, please click the link to Get In Touch with Pat
Malvern Library Graham Road, Malvern, Worcestershire WR14 2HU
MALVERN LIBRARY POETRY WORKSHOP
Saturday 1st September 2018
10.00 – 3.30
(with a break for lunch)
If you’re unsure about signing up for an entire course, this one-day workshop is an opportunity to dip your toe into the experience of writing poetry. We’ll use works of art to trigger ideas, experiment with rhythm and rhyme – and see what happens.
Price £40.
A £10 deposit secures your place. £30 balance payable on the day
Discount for early booking: £37.50 if paid in full by 17th August.
For more information or to book a place, please click the link to Get In Touch with Pat
Malvern Library Graham Road, Malvern, Worcestershire WR14 2HU
Courses are usually five or six sessions, a couple of hours a week. Groups are small - about six people - so that there is time for everyone to share and discuss a piece of writing. One-day workshops typically run from around 10 to 4.30, with a break for lunch. I try to choose venues with inspirational surroundings - and a good café!
ABOUT PAT
I could never draw, paint or express myself in pictures, but I love language. Words are my colours. I have no ambition to publish my work and one day I realised that there are others out there just like me. So my mission is to encourage people who want to write, just for the sheer joy of it. I have a degree in English and History and I am a qualified teacher so I have the skills and experience needed to help you learn. I also love to sing - choral, rock, music theatre - and am much traveled in pursuit of my hobby. I'm a volunteer for the Alzheimer's Society, helping and enjoying myself at their 'Singing for the Brain' groups.
Words
Poems
Stories
Memoirs
Songs
Just Write courses have been running since 2010. We cover a wide range of themes and a few favourites have emerged. Stories and poetry are always popular. Words from Pictures is always inspirational and has been set in galleries, studios, exhibition spaces and libraries, where we’ve been inspired by postcard reproductions, or up close and personal with the originals. Get It Written! is becoming a popular course, bringing together a range of styles and projects by writers, who find that a few deadlines and a group of interested listeners work wonders for their motivation. Writing About Family attracted some keen family historians and inspired my newest course: Writing Your Memories. Our individual memories are a unique and valuable resource and we can explore them to find settings and characters for fiction, as well as memoirs to share.
SMALL GROUPS
Most courses have about six people, so there is time for everyone to share their work during the session. Sometimes it can be daunting to read your own words aloud, if you’re nervous or it’s an emotional piece. We’ll find ways to make it easier.
LIKE-MINDED PEOPLE
Those who enjoy writing understand how precious your work is to you. So we learn to respect our own and each other’s writing, and find ways to encourage and help one another.
NO PRESSURE
You don’t have to prove anything to anyone. There are no exams, no portfolios, no expectations. There is only encouragement to write and share, and no detention if you don’t do your homework!