in-person writing workshop
october 2023
in-person creative writing course
october 2022
Contact me on: freewriterscentre@gmail.com to enquire further and sign up!
And by the way.. side whisper.. I will run another course after this one that will focus on moving the work developed in this course to the stage! But more on that at a later date.. Get on this course first :)
And by the way.. side whisper.. I will run another course after this one that will focus on moving the work developed in this course to the stage! But more on that at a later date.. Get on this course first :)
New in person course coming
october 2022!
in person workshop!
LOOKING AT DEATH LOOKING AT US
a creative writing workshop
part of
The Little Death Festival - at Mudita House, Penzance
Saturday 30th October 2021 – 2.30pm to 4.30pm
A 2 hour creative writing workshop with Linda Cleary
focusing on Death as a character: 1st person voice, character development and story.
During the workshop you will do various creative writing techniques and exercises
culminating in several pieces of writing stemming from the theme.
Price £15
Only 10 places available.
Booking essential
email: freewriterscentre@gmail.com
mobile (text): 07507550764
Linda Cleary is a writer and tutor who has been delivering courses since 1991
POWER STORIES - A Live 3 session course
These 3 dynamic sessions of 1 hour each will unwrap: 1st session: Saturday 14th November 3pm GMT The Story of Oneness - indigenous storytelling (oration/alcemical/archetype/rite of passage) 2nd session: Saturday 21st November 3pm GMT The Story of You - literary storytelling (creative writing/how to write story/plot/voice etc) 3rd session: Saturday 28th November 3pm GMT The Story of Brand - entrepreneurial storytelling ie storytelling for business/the story of one's business/brand/self as business owner/driver Sessions will be Zoom lives (for live participation and recorded for later for participants to re-visit or if they missed the live). Sessions will include: - in-session work and exercises plus further links and work - a forum via a Facebook group for participants to discuss with peers Investment: £35 for this 3 session course includes recordings so you can re-visit anytime REGISTER BY 6pm GMT Friday 13th by emailing: freewriterscentre@gmail.com |
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1:1 online live Classes & coaching
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Join from anywhere in the world!
The most popular option being chosen! Email: freewriterscentre@gmail.com |
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may onwards 2020
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Read the most recent newsletter, full of goodies, here: https://www.freewriterscentre.org/blog/and-into-spring-we-step
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April/may 2020
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So much to do!
Open to anyone internationally. Please be aware that there needs to be a minimum of three people to make a 40 min group class and price it at £5 per person. However, individual classes of ONE HOUR are available for only £15. Email to register and for further details: freewriterscentre@gmail.com |
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April 2020
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Live Weekly Classes via Zoom!
Twice weekly 40min #writing class via Zoom - we will follow a theme, in-class exercises plus a takeaway. £5 per class. Drop in, no commitment to taking all classes. Tuesdays & Fridays, 1pm, starting 31st March onwards. Open to anyone internationally. Email to register and for further details: freewriterscentre@gmail.com |
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February 2020
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Two Part Return - a Creative Writing course
at Hypatia Trust, Penzance, Cornwall. Wednesdays 6.30pm to 9pm. 12th February to 4th March £85 (and no processing fee!) via: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/two-part-return-a-creative-writing-course-tickets-90009981277 This Creative Writing course by Linda Cleary explores the theme of identity, distorted reflections and doppelgängers. Other than our own discussions and considerations on work produced during the course, we will look at extracts from, amongst others, Haruki Murakami, Fyodor Dostoevsky and Alfred de Musset. Participants will work from the course theme and given briefs and exercises – writing and developing characters, scenes and narratives - producing pieces of writing within session time and utilising various writing techniques and methods. “Turning all this over in my mind, I started to imagine another me somewhere, sitting in a bar, nursing a whiskey, without a care in the world. The more I thought about it, the more that other me became the real me, making this me here not real at all.” Haruki Murakami, A Wild Sheep Chase. Other Creative Writing courses are available to download in the online shop at anytime and are also rolled out live at various times, also editing and mentoring services. Please see the website for all details: https://www.freewriterscentre.org/ NB. Event banner photograph: Mirror Reflection by Olga Sevastianova |
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october & november 2019
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A 2hr workshop I'm doing at Mudita House 25th October. Book in now!
£15 (and no processing fee!) via: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/death-of-the-idea-death-of-self-tickets-77622522053 |
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November 2019
dreams & writing course
Wednesdays 6.30pm to 9pm - 6th to 27th November
This intensive 4 session Creative Writing course looks at how to use the alchemy of our own dream tapestry to weave into our creative writing. We can use our dreams to work on theme, characters and archetypes, dramatic structure and plot. We also look at how Jung dealt with dreams and drama and Dreamtime totems and the dreaming of landscape.
Each week we will look at a different subject whilst continuing to learn various techniques and
methods through exercises and grammar play.
Week 1: Focus is on The Dreamtime and You
Week 2: Focus is on Dream Characters
Week 3: Focus is on Living With A Dream
Week 4: Focus is on a Love Letter to the Landscape
Watch this short intro video
https://youtu.be/LXNOygzpuQE
And though we seem to be sleeping, there is an inner wakefulness that directs the dream, and that
will eventually startle us back to the Truth of who we are.
Rumi
When:
Hypatia House, Penzance
Side entrance (on Custom House Lane) of the Regent Basement, Chapel Street, Penzance TR18 4AE
When:
Wednesdays 6.30pm to 9pm
6th to 27th November
How Do I Book?
Payment £80 if you secure your place in advance (discounted - usual price £100).
Via Eventbrite with no payment process fee! https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/75832305467
Or contact:
Email: freewriterscentre@gmail.com
or
Txt: 07507550764
31/09/2019
Mindfulness & creative writing
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The Mindfulness & Creative Writing workshop happens this Saturday at 11am. Zoning in to body awareness, ambience, senses and taking that into character experience and description. Book in now! https://www.airbnb.co.uk/experiences/1046960
eND OF August 2019
WRITERS 11
It's that time again. Writers! Gather yourselves and come to the ninth Writers 11! Ninth! What? You haven't been yet? No time to waste.. It's your space. Be there.
You know how to get the info. Poster, innit ↣
You know how to get the info. Poster, innit ↣
more in August & september 2019
Creative writing workshop
Airbnb is the bomb! I'm running various Creative Writing Experiences created just for them! This Creative Writing Workshop is 2 hrs and anyone can book it but you need to do it through AirBnB. Check the link for all details, dates and booking: https://www.airbnb.co.uk/experiences/841273
If you are interested in other Creative Writing workshops and courses plus 1-1 writing & mentoring experiences then look around my website here for details.
If you are interested in other Creative Writing workshops and courses plus 1-1 writing & mentoring experiences then look around my website here for details.
August 2019
Mindfulness & Creative writing
Yes! Airbnb have just accepted my new Experience created just for them! Mindfulness & Creative Writing - a 2hr workshop - check the Airbnb site calendar for details and dates. Anyone can book this experience but you need to do it through AirBnB https://www.airbnb.co.uk/experiences/1046960
What we’ll do
Mindfulness and Creative Writing.
You will enjoy a Creative Writing workshop, given as a 2 hr session, whilst also practising aspects of mindfulness. Using focal points such as body awareness, gravity, ambience and the senses you will do many writing exercises, learning helpful techniques and producing various short texts.
There is no criteria other than a willingness to open up one's writing; the sessions are designed that people of varying writing experience can participate and each draw their individual benefits.
Other Creative Writing workshops and courses plus 1-1 writing & mentoring experiences available. Also other dates available. Please ask for details.
What we’ll do
Mindfulness and Creative Writing.
You will enjoy a Creative Writing workshop, given as a 2 hr session, whilst also practising aspects of mindfulness. Using focal points such as body awareness, gravity, ambience and the senses you will do many writing exercises, learning helpful techniques and producing various short texts.
There is no criteria other than a willingness to open up one's writing; the sessions are designed that people of varying writing experience can participate and each draw their individual benefits.
Other Creative Writing workshops and courses plus 1-1 writing & mentoring experiences available. Also other dates available. Please ask for details.
July & August 2019
summer sessions
Where:
Hypatia House, Penzance
Side entrance (on Custom House Lane) of the Regent Basement, Chapel Street, Penzance TR18 4AE
When:
contact to enquire about availability
How Do I Book?
Fee: £22
Contact:
Email: freewriterscentre@gmail.com
or
Txt: 07507550764
A summer of Creative Writing workshops that you can attend as a one off Saturday or enjoy the whole series. Each week we will be visiting some nearby inspiring places and then going back to Hypatia House to focus on various aspects ie one Saturday work on character, one Saturday work on environment and description, one Saturday work on creating plot etc. For the visits you can expect a little walk down to the beach at Penzance bay or over to Morrab Gardens or along Chapel St and into some art galleries.
July 2019
writers 11
A community of writers – writing
Come to the writers’ workroom, the writers’ space, the new jam in town, the place to work on your own or network and share with others, to be absorbed in your pages or talk through what you’ve got. Drop in/leave anytime within the session hours.
Where:
Hypatia House, Penzance
Side entrance (on Custom House Lane) of the Regent Basement, Chapel Street, Penzance TR18 4AE
When:
Friday
26th July
from 11am to 1pm
How Do I Book?
No need to book - just drop in and enjoy!
Price: £3
Come make it a raspberry page parade!
Hypatia House, Penzance
Side entrance (on Custom House Lane) of the Regent Basement, Chapel Street, Penzance TR18 4AE
When:
Friday
26th July
from 11am to 1pm
How Do I Book?
No need to book - just drop in and enjoy!
Price: £3
Come make it a raspberry page parade!
June 2019
writers 11
A community of writers – writing
Come to the writers’ workroom, the writers’ space, the new jam in town, the place to work on your own or network and share with others, to be absorbed in your pages or talk through what you’ve got. Drop in/leave anytime within the session hours.
Where:
Hypatia House, Penzance
Side entrance (on Custom House Lane) of the Regent Basement, Chapel Street, Penzance TR18 4AE
When:
Friday
28th June
from 11am to 1pm
How Do I Book?
No need to book - just drop in and enjoy!
Price: £3
Hypatia House, Penzance
Side entrance (on Custom House Lane) of the Regent Basement, Chapel Street, Penzance TR18 4AE
When:
Friday
28th June
from 11am to 1pm
How Do I Book?
No need to book - just drop in and enjoy!
Price: £3
May & June 2019
Descriptive Text, Imagery & the Senses
A Creative Writing course with Linda Cleary
This 4 session Creative Writing course uses various techniques and exercises to open up and improve writing skills, work with metaphor and imagery, create texts and narratives to given themes and word counts as well as free writing.
Whether you are a seasoned writer or new to writing this course has been a hit with many for its useful techniques, themes and exercises. The course is designed that people of varying writing experience can participate and each draw their individual benefits.
Whether you are a seasoned writer or new to writing this course has been a hit with many for its useful techniques, themes and exercises. The course is designed that people of varying writing experience can participate and each draw their individual benefits.
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Where:
Hypatia House, Penzance Side entrance (on Custom House Lane) of the Regent Basement, Chapel Street, Penzance TR18 4AE When: 4 x Saturdays 18th & 25th May / 1st & 8th June from 10.30am to 12.30pm How Do I Book? 10 places only. Please register in advance by: email: freewriterscentre@gmail.com mobile (text): 07507550764 |
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APRIL 2019
The Cartography of Self
A Creative Writing course with Linda Cleary
Exploring the theme of The Cartography of Self we will be paying attention to your own arrival and departure points, archetypes, myths and realities, hindrances and helps.
To do so we will use a blend of writing exercises, discussion, research, video capture, map making and other diverse creative routes and rites.
To do so we will use a blend of writing exercises, discussion, research, video capture, map making and other diverse creative routes and rites.
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Where:
Hypatia House, Penzance Side entrance (on Custom House Lane) of the Regent Basement, Chapel Street, Penzance TR18 4AE When: 5 x Saturdays 6th, 13th, 20th, 27th April and 4th May from 10.30am to 1pm How Do I Book? 10 places only. Please register in advance by: email: freewriterscentre@gmail.com mobile (text): 07507550764 |
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