Christmas party and other news

KELSO WRITERS' WORKSHOP

CHRISTMAS PARTY

5 DECEMBER 2017

2.30 PM - 4.30 PM

ABBEY ROW COMMUNITY CENTRE, KELSO

Our Christmas party will be held in the Coffee Room. Plenty of literary fun with a quiz. Plenty to eat and drink. Good company.

Please bring a plate with some food to share.

£1 contribution

Copies of our latest collection of stories by 20 members of the group will be available, all being well!

Look out for DRAGONS CAN BE DARLINGS AND OTHER STORIES.

RRP £4.99

Members price £3.40

Further details to follow.

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The new twelve week course for writing short stories and novels will begin on 9 December 2018. 

Fortnightly on Tuesday afternoons.

At the Abbey Row, Kelso.

£2 per session.

As well as the course, guest writers will be invited from time to time and other workshops taken by members of the group will also be on offer. 

 http://kelsowritersworkshop.blogspot.com  

Meetings

KELSO WRITERS' WORKSHOP

NEXT MEETING 

21 NOVEMBER 2017

ABBEY ROW COMMUNITY CENTRE, KELSO

IN THE COFFEE ROOM DOWNSTAIRS

£2

THIS MEETING WILL BE A READING SESSION FROM THE EXERCISES GIVEN AT THE LAST TWO WORKSHOPS. 

CHRISTMAS STORIES FROM OLIVER EADE'S WORKSHOP

  AND READINGS FROM THE EXERCISES GIVEN BY ELSPETH TURNER AS A CO AUTHOR WITH DONALD SMITH: The Tweed Dales: Exploring History, Folklore and Stories from the Heart of the Scottish Borders

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LAST MEETING BEFORE THE CHRISTMAS BREAK WILL BE HELD ON 5TH DECEMBER.

THIS WILL BE A PARTY AND A LITERARY QUIZ 

FREE EVENT 

PLEASE BRING SOMETHING TO SHARE FOR NIBBLES AND/OR TO DRINK

SAME VENUE AS USUAL

Meeting 7 November

KELSO WRITERS 

NEXT MEETING

7 NOVEMBER 2017

ABBEY ROW COMMUNITY CENTRE, KELSO

COFFEE ROOM

14.30 - 16.30

 Elspeth will talk about writing and publishing challenges particularly those faced in writing The Tweed Dales: Exploring History, Folklore and Stories from the Heart of the Scottish Borders which is due to be published shortly in Luath's Journeys and Evocations series.   In it, her co-author Donald Smith take readers on six journeys tracing the distinctive landscape, history and culture of each as shaped by and reflected in events and key personalities and illustrated by the stories, folklore and poetry these evoked.

Coffee/Tea and Biscuits

£2 

Writing Historical Short Stories Workshop at 2.30pm on Tuesday 12 September 2017

This is an opportunity for you to start writing a historical short story - a short story based on a historical incident or somebody in history.

I'll talk a bit about why to write historical short stories, whether to research, where to go for historical sources.

I'll read one of my short stories and talk about the difficulties I encountered.

More importantly, I'll provide examples of newspaper articles, excerpts of reports, a picture, a map, adverts, a letter, accounts, a census page, a 19th century poem and a prison diet to give you inspiration to write your own story.

Here's an example of a bit of a newspaper article:

There's lots of scope for imagining what led up to incidents, what impact it had on people, what happened afterwards and creating a story.

There'll be time for you to begin writing a short story and an opportunity for a few brave souls to summarise the example they chose and what they've done so far.

This is an event in the Borders Heritage Festival 2017 and you can download the Borders Heritage Festival programme.

As usual, there's a charge of £2 and there'll be tea and coffee and biscuits about halfway-through. The workshop begins at 2.30pm and ends about 4.30pm on Tuesday 12 September 2017.

Workshop 13 June

KELSO WRITERS' WORKSHOP

13 JUNE 2017

2.30 PM - 4.30 PM

ABBEY ROW COMMUNITY CENTRE, KELSO

READING OUR OWN STORIES TO THE GROUP.

£2

REFRESHMENTS AVAILABLE.

ALL WELCOME

Kelso Writers Session 10

KELSO WRITERS' WORKSHOP

Session 10

PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER

This workshop looks at the ways that writers polish their stories. Rewriting.

Tuesday 30 May 

2.30 pm - 4.30 pm

£2

Beginners welcome 

A Picture Tells a Thousand Words: Short Story Writing Workshop

KELSO WRITERS WORKSHOP

Session 8

Structure and Pace

An interesting workshop focusing on the ways writers employ to structure their short stories and novels and keep the pace so the reader wants to read more.

Tuesday afternoon 2 May 

2.30 pm - 4.30 pm

Coffee Room

Abbey Community Centre

Kelso

£2

Refreshments 

Session 7

KELSO WRITERS' WORKSHOP

SESSION 7

PLOTS

The workshop will focus on the use of the basic plots in writing of short stories. Stories from last session will be read out aloud to the group. Extra copies of the anthology will be available to purchase. Anthologies available for those contributors who have not yet received their copies. 

2.30 pm - 4.30 pm

Abbey Row Community Centre, Kelso

18 April 2017

£2

Refreshments available 

Timetable 2017

KELSO WRITERS WORKSHOP

TIMETABLE 2017

Workshop	Tuesday  4 April
Workshop	Tuesday 18 April
Workshop	Tuesday 2 May
Workshop	Tuesday 16 May
Workshop	Tuesday 30 May
Workshop	Tuesday 13 June
Kelso Writers combined session with Borders Writers Forum. Readings. 7 pm – 9 pm St Boswells Village Hall	Thursday 15 June
End of Workshops for Summer Break	Tuesday 27 June
Writing Historical Short Stories Workshop (part of Borders Heritage Festival). Workshop conducted by Peter Munro	Tuesday 12 September
Members’ Stories (part of the Borders Heritage Festival). An opportunity to read your story to a public audience.	Tuesday 26 September
Workshop	Tuesday 10 October
Workshop	Tuesday 24 October
Workshop	Tuesday 7 November
Workshop	Tuesday 21 November
Christmas Party and Literary Quiz	Tuesday 5 December Break for Christmas/New Year

Session 6 Finding A Theme

KELSO WRITERS' WORKSHOP

NEXT MEETING

TUESDAY 4 APRIL 2.30 PM - 4.30 PM

ABBEY ROW COMMUNITY CENTRE, KELSO

Workshop focussing on FINDING A THEME

£2

tea/coffee and biscuits

Beginners welcome

Session 5 Dialogue

KELSO WRITERS WORKSHOP

Next session 21 March 2017

2.30 pm - 4.30 pm

Abbey Row Community Centre, Kelso

Continuing dialogue workshop with readings and Kelso Writers First Anthology 

Coffee/Tea

£2

Beginners welcome

Session 5 Dialogue

KELSO WRITERS' WORKSHOP

Session 5: Uses of Dialogue

Dialogue is one of the most important tools in fiction writing as it moves your story along, reveals more in an economical way than description can sometimes.

To be held on

TUESDAY 7 MARCH 2017

2.30 PM -4.30 PM

ABBEY ROW COMMUNITY CENTRE, KELSO

£2

Beginner Writers welcome.

Refreshments available

Session 2: Beginning Stories

KELSO WRITERS' WORKSHOP

Session 2: Beginning Stories 

To be held at the Abbey Row, Kelso

24 January 2017

2.30 pm - 4.30 pm

£2

Tea and Coffee

Beginner and experienced writers all welcome

First session: The Writing Process

KELSO WRITERS' WORKSHOP

First session of the twelve week course:

THE WRITING PROCESS

To be held on:

TUESDAY AFTERNOON 10 JANUARY 2017

2.30 PM - 4.30 PM

At:

THE ABBEY ROW COMMUNITY CENTRE, KELSO

Tea, coffee and biscuits

£2 per session