Session 7: How To Plot a Story

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

KELSO WRITERS' WORKSHOP

 

 

 

Session 7

 

 

 

How to Plot a Story

 

 

 

To be Held:

 

Tuesday 2nd December

2.30 pm - 4.30 pm

 

 

Abbey Row Community Centre, Kelso

 

 

£2

 

 

This is the last session before the Christmas break. Plenty of time to read from last session's homework and to get some ideas from this workshop for writing a story that has all the elements - problem, conflict, resolution and a good What If for the ending!!

 

 

 

 



Read Your Story at St Andrew's Night Ceilidh

Friday, 26th November at Melrose Parish Church Hall is the venue for the ceilidh house, starting at 7.45pm.

Anyone present is invited to contribute to the evening's entertainment if they wish, with music, story or song in any language - English, Scots, Gaelic are the most common.

There will definitely be Gaelic song contributions from Turas and members of the recent Gaelic Singing for Fun group, led by Mary Low, but the rest of the entertainment is up to you, so please polish up your party piece!

A soup and pudding supper will be provided, but please bring your own booze. 

Admission (inclusive of supper) is £5 for members, £6 for non-members.


Please note this is a ceilidh in the Highland tradition - there's no dancing !

Smailhom Events

KINSMAN BLAKE GALLERY

 

SMAILHOLM

 

 

NOVEMBER EVENTS

 

 

 

Biennial Sale

 

Ceramics

Painting

Jewellery Woodwork

 

November 1st - 31st 2014

 

www.kinsman-blakeceramics.co.uk

 

 

SMAILHOLM VILLAGE HALL

 

Iona McGregor who writes under the pen name of Iona Carroll

 

will give a short talk about the journey which led her to write her novel, Crying Through the Wind

 

which is the first of a Trilogy.

 

The book is listed in the current Peoples Book Prize 2014/15

www.peoplesbookprize.com

 

Free entry

 

 



Session 6: Finding A Theme

SESSION 6

 

 

 

Finding a Theme

 

 

 

This Session will deal with Finding a Theme and How to Find Story Ideas.

 

 

 

 

To Be Held At

 

The Abbey Row Community Centre, Kelso

 

Downstairs in the Coffee Room

 

On

 

Tuesday 18th November 2014

 

2.30 pm - 4.30 pm

 

 

Tea, Coffee and Biscuits

 

£2

 

All Welcome

 

 

 

Enquiries: Ring Iona on 01573 410277

Kelso Writers Workshop: Session 4 Creating Characters

KELSO WRITERS' WORKSHOP

 

 

 

SESSION 4

 

 

 

CREATING CHARACTERS

 

 

 

Our next workshop in short story writing will focus on the Creating of Characters and making them the sort of people that our readers want to read about!

 

 

Abbey Row Community Centre, Kelso

 

 

 

Tuesday afternoon 21st October 2014

 

2.30 pm - 4.30 pm

 

 

 

Refreshments available.

 

 

 



Session 3 Writing from Life 7th October 2014

SESSION 3

 

WRITING FROM LIFE

 

To be held on:

 

TUESDAY 7TH OCTOBER 2014

 

at:

 

2.30 pm - 4.30 pm

 

ABBEY ROW COMMUNITY CENTRE, KELSO

 

Tea, coffee and biscuits

 

£2.00

National Poetry Day

NATIONAL POETRY DAY IN SCOTLAND

 

 

THURSDAY 2ND OCTOBER 2014

 

 

WORKSHOPS FOR BEGINNERS

 

 

CONDUCTED BY TOM MURRAY

 

 

AT

 

 

MELROSE LIBRARY 10.30AM - 12.30 PM

 

Tel: 01896 664171

 

 

 

 

EYEMOUTH LIBRARY 7 PM - 9 PM

 

 

Tel: 01890 752767

 



Session 2 Beginnings

The next session of our Kelso Writers' Workshops will take place on:

 

Tuesday 23rd September 2014

 

 

2.30 pm to 4.30 pm

 

 

Abbey Row Community Centre, Kelso

 

 

Downstairs in the Coffee Room

 

 

 

We will be thinking about the ways to begin stories. Helpful exercise. Discussions. Coffee and Tea with biscuits. £2 to cover the cost of hiring the room. All welcome.

 





New Session 9th September 2014

New Session Kelso Writers' Workshop 

The 12 week course in short story and novel writing commences on

 

Tuesday 9th September 2014

 

2.30 pm to 4.30 pm

 

at the Abbey Row Community Centre, Kelso

 

Beginners Welcome

 

Refreshments Provided

 

£2 per session

 

Contact Iona McGregor for further details 

Tel: 01573 410277

 

Christmas poetry and prose competition

Borders General Hospital

NHS Borders

 

Carols for Christmas

 

 Every Christmas we have a Carol Service in the Borders General Hospital for patients, their families and friends and staff.   We usually have carols sung by a local choir interspersed with traditional readings.   This year we would like to be a little more innovative and use readings written by local poets and authors.   The readings can be poetry or prose, have a religious or non-religious Christmas theme and be about 250 words in length.

 

  Items for consideration should be submitted to Revd Anna Garvie, Chaplaincy Centre, Borders General Hospital, Melrose, TD6 9BS or by email anna.garvie@borders.scot.nhs.uk

 

 Deadline for submissions: 1^st November 2014.

Tom Murray 'Memoirs and Family History'