If you’ve ever thought about writing your life story or memoirs this course is a great place to begin. Come and join us and enjoy learning how to plan, organise and write about your life with support from an experienced life story writing tutor. Sharing tales of childhood, school days, work, friends and family with … Read more ►
Have you ever thought about writing your life story? If you have then these GoldSQUAD sessions for the over 50’s are the perfect place to begin. Join this small friendly group and enjoy learning how to plan, organise and write about your life with support from an experienced life story writing facilitator. Personal memories and … Read more ►
Sharing tales of childhood, school days, work, friends and family with a small group of like-minded people is relaxing, therapeutic and enhances your sense of well-being. Personal memories and experiences add a unique perspective to family history projects. Life stories are an important part of 20th Century social history and are sometimes suitable for publication … Read more ►
Chrissie is delighted to be joining the team working on an innovative new research project, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council in partnership with the University of Staffordshire and Keele University. During the summer 2013 participants will be taking part in ‘creative meets medical’ workshops in community, health and academic locations where they’ll … Read more ►
Book your place on this course by phoning the library on 01332 642410 by visiting Mackworth Library at Prince Charles Avenue Mackworth or at writinglettersforpay Many magazines and newspapers offer cash or gifts for letters, jokes, personal anecdotes and household tips they publish. It’s a great way to develop your writing skills, and get published. … Read more ►
It’s Halloween. Time for flickering pumpkin lamps and spine chilling spooky stories. Whether you believe in ghosts or not join us for a light-hearted approach to the ever popular genre of ghost story writing and we’ll begin to write (and read) our own scary tales. From the menacing and macabre, to encounters with delightfully mischievous … Read more ►
Quote from student: Rarely have I enjoyed a course more than Chrissie Hall’s Life Story Writing Workshop , 21st October 2013, Derbyshire Record Office. It was fascinating to share other people’s life experiences and to see the photographs and other mementos which we’d been asked to bring along. There were some emotional moments as we … Read more ►
Many magazines and newspapers offer cash or gifts for letters, jokes, personal anecdotes and household tips they publish. It’s a great way to develop your writing skills, and get published. We’ll enjoy looking at the different types of letters, styles and subjects preferred by various publications and start writing. Once you begin sending off your … Read more ►
Life Story Writing course at Denman
If you’ve ever thought about writing your life story or memoirs this course is a great place to begin. Come and join us and enjoy learning how to plan, organise and write about your life with support from an experienced life story writing tutor. Sharing tales of childhood, school days, work, friends and family with … Read more ►
Dig out that unfinished writing project languishing in a drawer and get writing again. Work in a tutor-led small group and in one to one sessions with a supportive published and experienced tutor on your memoirs, life story, short stories, sketches, plays and articles. Enjoy sharing and discussing your work with other like-minded students. Students … Read more ►