Get Inspired with Creative Writing

Barnes Class is delighted to partner with creative writing, speech and drama expert Rachel Knightley based in SW13 to offer a 6-week creative writing course at the beautiful Olympic Studios Members’ Club. 

Rachel is a freelance writer and tutor with a background in directing and performing. Her work has been published in Swan River Press, Woman’s Weekly, Hull University, Mslexia, Starburst Magazine and Black Shuck Books. She has won the “Promise” Prize for Children‚ Fiction and first place in Writers’ Forum fiction competition. Rachel’s plays have been performed by the National Trust, Questors Youth Theatre and Endpaper Theatre. She receives her PhD in summer 2020. A former copywriter and subeditor for Telegraph Media Group, Transworld Publishers and HarveyNichols.com, Rachel now edits and teaches in a freelance capacity. She runs Green Ink Writers’ Gym for writers of all genres and levels of experience. She is a featured blogger for Bloomsbury Publishing, Writers & Artists website, reviews film and theatre and teaches Creative Writing, Speech and Drama.

Whether you’re beginning your writing journey or wanting to improve your grip on the tools of your craft, this supportive and inspiring course in character, description, dialogue, point of view, style and structure will boost your confidence and your word-count!

  • Deepen your characters
  • Develop your writing voice
  • Strengthen your plot and point-of-view
  • Structure your story

Click here to learn more about the course and to book your place!

A Creative Writing Masterclass

Have you heard the news? We’ve just announced a brand new masterclass with local published author Daisy Waugh!

Daisy recently completed a 4-week creative writing class for us and… although we know she’s fabulous, perhaps it’s best if you hear what one of our students had to say:

“I was so inspired by Daisy’s session today, I’ve already been working away on my book. I’m loving it! SUSAN (my heroine) is really taking shape… Exciting times ahead.”

During this 4-hour masterclass, Daisy will use simple techniques acquired through years of practise to demonstrate how you can access your imagination and powers of observation to create fully fleshed-out characters from all walks of life.

This class will occur in Barnes on Saturday 28th April and we’ll be publishing a venue soon – stay tuned!

Click here to learn more and book!

Daisy’s Top Tips to Start Writing the Book

Have you been aching to write the Great Novel you know is within you but are stuck getting started? Don’t feel alone – it’s a common problem.

So common in fact, that we asked Daisy Waugh, author of 8 novels and the expert delivering our upcoming creative writing class, to share the Top Tips for Getting Started with Book Writing which inspired her to begin. Check out the quotations which best inspired Daisy and keep her going!

Still hesitating?  Here are five pieces of advice, from five great authors, to get you started:

  • “A writer who waits for ideal conditions under which to work will die without putting a word on paper.”  E.B. White
  • “You can’t wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.” Saul Bellow
  • “There’s no such thing as a writer’s block. That was invented by people in California who couldn’t write.” Terry Pratchett
  • “The first draft of everything is shit.” Ernest Hemingway
  • “The scariest moment is just before you start.” Stephen King

So … the worst bit’s already almost over… it’s time to WRITE THE DAMN BOOK!

Now that you’re fired up to start, don’t let anything hold you back. Book onto Daisy’s class beginning 19th January. We look forward to reading your work!

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