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Guided Literary Walks
Come, explore the lives and words of writers, artists and poets like William and Jack Butler Yeats, John Masefield and Bloomsbury Group members Arthur Waley and Beryl de Zoete. I offer half-day guided literary walks around the secret, coastal Gara Valley in South Devon where they lived, dreamed, wrote and painted. We'll read words written of and in the valley, discover their sources of inspiration, consider ...
Writing In The Wild
An immersion in unspolit landscapes and waterscapes - perfect for inspiring your own writing... Listen to what the stream says, what the woods whisper and where the road less travelled leads you... Shall we glimpse otters, or dormice or water voles? We'll take our journals and wellies and let nature show us how to quieten the white noise in our heads and open our creativity. ...
Bespoke Creative Writing Workshop March 2023
A morning workshop for French students aged 17 & 18 from the Loire, delivered in English, with the brief to understand how the landscape of The South Hams (specifically the vicinity of Slapton and its hinterland) has inspired writers and artists, and how it has influenced history. And to produce a piece of creative writing based on the students' experience and understanding. A piece of creative writing that they can develop ...
Wednesday Writers Workshops 2020
Enjoy a monthly ARTIST’S DATE as recommended by Julia Cameron in The Artist’s Way. Full day writing workshops hosted by Anne Rainbow and Christine Cooke Discover fresh techniques in creative writing, self-editing and marketing/publishing Talk to published authors/experts about their craft and experience Share your writing journey in a supportive, safe environment Meet, share and connect with other new and experienced writers: ...
Writers At The Watermill 2018 - Creative Writing & Editing Workshop
Would you like to: empower your inner writer, develop your writing voice, find inspiration to motivate your writing, explore your creativity alongside like-minded people, understand how to edit your work ready for feedback or print, improve your writing and confidence, escape to a literary landscape with all your meals prepared? Then this weekend is for ...
Testimonials
Writers At The Watermill 2017 'The course & venue have generosity & creativity at their heart.' Susanne H-S. 'Very professionally put together with a good balance of writing & play.... the programme content was varied & interesting... the accommodation charming & generously supplied... The moon shone on my pillow.' C.P. ' I'm an experienced writer but I learned something from Anne and was inspired by Christine.' Jo Parfitt. 'Such a beautiful, peaceful, creative ambience... I feel ... as if I've slipped into another century. So restful for the head, and heart!' Belinda Seaward, author of Hotel Juliet and The Beautiful Truth. 'Felt I grew. Thoroughly enjoyable.' Sheila ...
Writers At The Watermill 2017, A Residential Writing Workshop
A weekend to explore creative writing and how to edit what you’ve written. Guest speaker is Belinda Seaward, author of Hotel Juliet and The Beautiful Truth (John Murray). With Christine Cooke of JourneyWords & Anne Rainbow, Red Pen Mentor & ScrivenerVirgin. Imagine: a room of your own. In an atmospheric, comfy stone cottage in ...
