• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

Chandler's Ford Today

  • Home
  • About
    • About Chandler’s Ford
    • Chandler’s Ford War Memorial Research
  • Blog
    • Blogging Tips
  • Event
    • Upcoming Events
  • Community
    • Groups
    • Churches
    • Schools
    • GP Surgeries
    • Leisure
    • Library
    • Charities
    • Eastleigh Basics Bank
    • Community Food Larder at Chandler’s Ford Methodist Church
  • Contact
    • Subscribe
  • Site Policies
You are here: Home / Arts / Reminder: Creative Writing Classes at The Dovetail Centre

Reminder: Creative Writing Classes at The Dovetail Centre

September 2, 2016 By Allison Symes 1 Comment

Just a quick reminder that Barbara Large’s new creative writing workshops start later this month at The Dovetail Centre.

Further details below.

What Barbara Large's writing classes will help writers discover - what is their story - image via Pixabay
What Barbara Large’s writing classes will help writers discover – what is their story – image via Pixabay

CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOPS
DOVETAIL CENTRE, METHODIST CHURCH, CHANDLER’S FORD

Hello Chandler’s Ford Writers

Join our Creative Writing classes in the Dovetail Centre, Methodist Church,
Chandlers Ford, on either:-

Wednesday evening 7-9pm starting September 21st

or Thursday morning 09:15-11:15 starting September 22nd.

Find the Storyteller in You

Do writers begin with a setting, a character, an action, an object or just a thought?

Join us and find out.

Whether you are an experienced writer or a beginner, build your writing skills and learn how to edit your fiction, non fiction and poetry into marketable and prize winning manuscripts.

You will learn how to build characters, create plotting tension devices and endings that fit. Wake up the writer in you by experiencing examples of excellent writing and trying short exercises to generate your writing energy.

You will be shown that all-important ‘hook’ to generate interest from the editor, publisher and competition judge. Learn how to critique your work so that you can revise your work with more confidence.

Contact Barbara Large at b.a.large@gmail.com for further information.

Listening to an inspiring talk - image via Pixabay
Listening to an inspiring talk – image via Pixabay

Additional Information

The classes are for ten weeks and will run from Wednesday September 21st to Wednesday 7th December. The Thursday classes will run from September 22nd to December 8th. There is a brief tea and coffee break in each class.

Costs: £14.00 per session so the total cost would be £140.00.

Please note writers would need to enrol for the block of ten classes.

To bring with you: Writers would need to bring pens and paper.

Assignments are given each week and critiqued in class.

The final polished work will be published termly in an anthology.

Classes would resume after Christmas in January and again after Easter 2017.

Related Posts:

Barbara Large: NEW Creative Writing Classes in Chandler’s Ford

Read interviews with Chandler’s Ford writer Allison Symes: Part 1 and Part 2.

Read blog posts by Allison Symes published on Chandler’s Ford Today.

Never miss out on another blog post. Subscribe here:

Subscribe to Blog via Email

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Print Friendly, PDF & Email

Share this:

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Google
  • Email

Related posts:

Barbara Large New Creative Writing Classes ImageBarbara Large: NEW Creative Writing Classes in Chandler’s Ford Meet Local Author Claire Gradidge at the Curious Café on 20th September Feature Image: Barbara Large InterviewThe Writing Life – Barbara Large, Part 1 What Makes a Good Writing Conference? Cyberlaunch Image - image supplied by Allison Symes and Chapeltown BooksWhat is a Cyber Launch? by Allison Symes
Tags: advice, creative writing, Dovetail Centre, event, Information, inspiration, literature, publishing, storytelling, writers

About Allison Symes

I'm a published flash fiction and short story writer, as well as a blogger. My fiction work has appeared in anthologies from Cafelit and Bridge House Publishing.

My first flash fiction collection, From Light to Dark and Back Again, was published by Chapeltown Books in 2017.

My follow-up, Tripping the Flash Fantastic, was published by Chapeltown Books in 2020.

I adore the works of many authors but my favourites are Jane Austen, P.G. Wodehouse and Terry Pratchett.

I like to describe my fiction as fairytales with bite.

I also write for Writers' Narrative magazine and am one of their editors. I am a freelance editor separately and have had many short stories published online and in anthologies.

Reader Interactions

Trackbacks

  1. WHAT NOT TO SAY TO A FAIRYTALE HEROINE AND ASSUMPTIONS – Allison Symes: Collected Works says:
    September 3, 2016 at 12:34 am

    […] night is usually when my posts appear.  Tonight’s one is a short reminder of a creative writing class coming up in the area shortly.  These classes are being run by the very wonderful Barbara Large, […]

    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Primary Sidebar

Search

Subscribe to Blog via Email

Enter your email address to subscribe to Chandler's Ford Today blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Archives

Top Posts & Pages

Why Write Fiction

Categories

Tags

am writing arts and crafts books Chandler's Ford Chandler's Ford Today Chandler’s Ford community charity Christianity Christmas church community creative writing culture Eastleigh Eastleigh Borough Council education entertainment event family fundraising gardening gardening tips good neighbours Hiltingbury Hiltingbury Road history hobby how-to Joan Adamson Joan Adelaide Goater local businesses local interest memory Methodist Church music nature news reading review social storytelling theatre travel Winchester Road writing

Recent Comments

  • C. Klingler on Gladly, the Cross-eyed Bear and Other Mondegreens
  • Robbie Sprague on VE Day – Thursday 8th May 1945
  • Mike Sedgwick on VE Day – Thursday 8th May 1945
  • Chippy on VE Day – Thursday 8th May 1945
  • Allison Symes on Review – The Chameleons – Sudden Death at Thornbury Manor
  • Janet Williams on Review – The Chameleons – Sudden Death at Thornbury Manor

Regular Writers and Contributors

Janet Williams Allison Symes Mike Sedgwick Rick Goater Doug Clews chippy minton Martin Napier Roger White Andy Vining Gopi Chandroth Nicola Slade Wellie Roger Clark Ray Fishman Hazel Bateman SO53 News

Forty Years in Chandler’s Ford – a Journal by Joan Adelaide Goater

Forty Years in Chandler’s Ford – a Journal by Joan Adelaide Goater

Growing up in Chandler’s Ford: 1950s – 1960s by Martin Napier

Growing up in Chandler’s Ford: 1950s – 1960s by Martin Napier

My Memories of the War Years in Chandler’s Ford 1939 – 1945 by Doug Clews

My Memories of the War Years in Chandler’s Ford 1939 – 1945 by Doug Clews

Chandler’s Ford War Memorial Research by Margaret Doores

Chandler’s Ford War Memorial Research by Margaret Doores

History of Hiltonbury Farmhouse by Andy Vining

History of Hiltonbury Farmhouse by Andy Vining

My Family History in Chandler’s Ford and Hursley by Roger White

My Family History in Chandler’s Ford and Hursley by Roger White

Do You Remember The Hutments? By Nick John

Do You Remember The Hutments? By Nick John

Memory of Peter Green by Wendy Green

Memory of Peter Green by Wendy Green

History of Vickers Armstrongs (Supermarine) Hursley Park by Dave Key

History of Vickers Armstrongs (Supermarine) Hursley Park by Dave Key

Reviews of local performances and places

Reviews of local performances and places

Copyright © 2025 Chandler's Ford Today. WordPress. Log in

loading Cancel
Post was not sent - check your email addresses!
Email check failed, please try again
Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email.