Thank you to the delightful and talented students who came along and enjoyed a weekend of comfortable rooms, excellent food, great company and lots of creative writing. We shared our weekend, our ideas and our stories, and what an amazing variety of pieces emerged.
The funny and the poetic, the descriptive and the moving. We heard about a tree climbing escapade from childhood, ‘an oak with a rope’ and a big brother! We went back in time to an ancient castle with ‘petulant sons and pious daughters’ and wondered if one day they would find themselves in a novel. We travelled along deserted tracks, and hillside paths, past wooden barns to a cold blue lake. We sat quietly on a balcony of an old house overlooking a canal in Venice and observed locals and tourists. We considered all the different ‘genres’ of creative writing, we wrote to music, we used essential oils and our elegant ‘morning room’ (The Nugent Harris Room) became a comfortable, fragrant retreat.
It was lovely to work with you, I hope you enjoyed your weekend as much as I did. Keep writing!
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Research tells us that writing expressively is therapeutic, relaxing and good for you. It enhances well-being and boosts self-confidence. Together we’ll explore routes to creative writing with music, location, colours, language essential oils and the seasons. Whether you’ve never written anything but shopping lists, or whether you’ve been a secret scribbler for years, escape to Denman and take time out to experience the gentle joys of creative expressive writing and find your own unique inner creative voice.
You could begin a journal, a story or a memoir, become a diarist or explore your poetic self? Reconnect with your creativity and enjoy writing with a small supportive group of like-minded people; nurture your writerly talents and see how they’ll blossom.
This course is relaxed and friendly, men and women both equally welcome. Creative writing for well-being is suitable for all ages and abilities, including those with no experience of writing.
Price includes comfortable spacious single ensuite rooms (some double/twin rooms available) all with tea/coffee making facilities and full board, with varied menus of delicious meals, including cooked breakfasts, morning coffee, lunch, tea and cake in the afternoon and a three course evening dinner with tea/coffee.
Contact Denman College 01865 391991
email Chrissie@lifestorywriting.co.uk
tel. 01332 881795