Mylor Writers monthly writing group
Face to face sessions take place on Saturdays from 10.00am-12 noon at the Ord-Statter Pavilion, a community venue in Mylor Bridge. Everyone is welcome and no experience is needed. Just bring your pen and notebook for an enjoyable and creative Saturday morning. If you can’t make it in person you are welcome to join the Zoom session which is held on the Wednesday after the Saturday meetings, from 7.30pm-9.30pm.
Dates for 2024’s in-person sessions on Saturdays are: 3 January, 10 February, 16 March, 13 April, 11 May, 15 June, 27 July, 7 September, 5 October, 2 November, and 7 December.
There is no session in August.
The venue is the Ord-Statter Pavilion, Waterings Road, Mylor Bridge TR11 5NH. The Pavilion is the white and grey single-storey building on the edge of the playing field. There is level access and a free car park.
The Zoom meetings on Wednesday evenings take place in 2024 on 17 January, 14 February, 20 February, 17 April, 15 May, 19 June, 24 July, 11 September, 9 October, 6 November, and 11 December. These are a great alternative if you live further afield or cannot get to Mylor Bridge.
The cost is just £8.00 per session.
Contact me here to join the email list and to request details of how to book.
Editorial services and tuition
Editorial services and tutored courses are offered through The Writing Retreat with my colleague Kath Morgan. We offer a variety of services to support writers and their projects.
Writing for health and wellbeing
I offer bespoke training in the uses of writing as part of bereavement support, for counsellors and volunteers in that field. The training can take place in groups of any size from 6 up to 20. My approach is low-tech, practical and participatory. Trainees have opportunities to try out creative techniques for themselves, while reflecting on their potential use with clients, and for self-care.
In recent years I’ve provided training in Devon, Scarborough, Somerset, Staffordshire, and Surrey, as well as my home county, Cornwall. I can provide sessions via Zoom or in person with advance planning. Please bear in mind that I’m based in Cornwall and need to build in travel time and expenses, so Zoom is a very economical option.
A typical session provides:
- an introduction to writing for wellbeing
- ‘free’ writing and timed or ‘sprint’ writing
- Using poems, pictures and objects as stimulus for writing
- creative ways to capture experiences, remember and reflect on the page
- techniques to use in journal writing
- guidance on ground rules, ethics and self care.
Contact me to ask about a tailored training session for your organisation and volunteers; also for group work with clients including carers groups, bereavement friendship groups and hospice-based bereavement services for patients’ family and friends.
The Writing Retreat
The Writing Retreat runs residential and one-day retreats, and online courses to help develop your skills as a writer. Our five-night residential retreats are run up to four times a year in beautiful Cornish locations. We run two non-residential weekends annually, and a series of three Sundays during the spring months. We also offer online and video courses, tuition and coaching. For more information visit the retreat.