CFWA 2019 Workshop – Newcastle #4 – What the fly saw and what I thought about it

Workshop #1 (13/03/2019)
The weight of words

Can we really say more by using fewer words? Why do some words weigh more than others? Are some thoughts heavier than others? We’ll be looking at examples of haiku from around the world as well as the shortest story ever written – and we’ll have a go at writing our own.

Workshop #2 (17/04/2019)
Food for thought

From the groaning tables of Charles Dickens’ novels to the privations of Steinbeck’s dustbowl and Müller’s Soviet Russia, food has been written about extensively. In the hands of poets, it gets weird – you could be married with an onion ring and find humble mushrooms massing like an army. What item of food sets your creative juices going? Bring in a contribution if you want, though there will be plenty to choose from in the mystery bag.

Workshop #3 (15/05/2019)
Landscape and identity

Following on from our enormously popular colour workshop last year, we’ll be looking at abstract landscapes for inspiration. How much does landscape shape what we write? What does landscape tell us about ourselves? Landscapes have histories, just as we do.

Workshop #4 (05/06/2019)
What the fly saw and what I thought about it

Everyone has a story to tell, but what if a fly told it for us? Would it see the things we see? Would it say the same things we say? This workshop will explore narrative points of view and whether there is such a thing as objective reality.

Fee: FREE
Dates:
Wednesday 13th March 2019
Wednesday 17th April 2019
Wednesday 15th May 2019
Wednesday 5th June 2019
Times: 10:00am-12:00pm
Venue: Figgis Room
Tyneside Cinema
10 Pilgrim St
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 6QG

Tutor: Pat Winslow worked for twelve years as an actor before leaving the theatre in 1987. She has published seven collections, most recently, Kissing Bones from Templar Poetry. She has earned recognition in many poetry competitions and her fiction has been anthologized and appeared in journals. For more information see www.patwinslow.com Pat also blogs at http://thepatwinslow.blogspot.co.uk/

Help with travel costs is available. Please contact [email protected] for details.

These workshops are produced in partnership with New Writing North.

Booking donations support Creative Future’s workshops but are wholly optional.

Location

Figgis Room, Tyneside Cinema,
10 Pilgrim St,
Newcastle upon Tyne,
NE1 6QG
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