Beverley Ward created the Writers Workshop to be a real-life, real-time community of like-minded creatives. In this post, she explores all the ways our members can get together to support each other to write.

Meet the Writers Workshop’s newest associate, Carmel Page! She’s an author and storyteller on a mission to help you grow your confidence in writing, performing and publishing.

Meet poet Kate Millington, one of the performers at Sounds About Write this Thursday.

Ten years ago exactly, I took redundancy from a corporate job I’d felt trapped in to start a new business. With hindsight, being stuck in a steady but soul-sapping job in the middle of a recession was a great way of focussing my mind on exactly what I wanted to do. I attended virtual coaching workshops with business gurus and spent hours drawing diagrams of my strengths and interests and I gradually started getting somewhere.

From the sonnet to the sestina, there’s no poetry form Tom Juniper doesn’t love! The Writers Workshop is delighted to introduce you to the newest member of its associate team.

A message from The Writers Workshop chief, Beverley Ward, introducing changes to membership pricing that takes effect April 1, 2023.

We invite you to submit your short essays (1200 words max.) about the realities and oddities of living the writing life. In our first essay, Leigh Wallace shares their experience working on film sets as a background artist.

Meet Workshop member and Sheffield writer Penny Frances, who is publishing her debut novel later this year. Find out all about her publishing journey and get some insider tips for getting a traditional book deal.

Meet new associate Sally O’Reilly, who’s a published novelist, nonfiction writer, short story writer and creative writing tutor. We’re delighted to have her join the Writing Workshop team and hope you’ll be excited to learn from Sally in 2023!

In September 2021, Workshop member Harley Jones-Ryley set up a charity that supports adults across Sheffield to learn to read, called Read Easy Sheffield. Find out about how you can get involved and about Harley’s writing life!

Writers Workshop member and ex-music maker Adam Paul Kingdon Morris has recently published his first novel, Losing It. We asked him to tell us where his journey started, where he has arrived, and where he’s going next.

Congratulations to Workshop member Nisha Kotecha on completing the 50,000-word novel-writing challenge, NaNoWriMo, in November. That’s no mean feat! Here, she tells us how she rose to, met, and surpassed the challenge!

Meet Workshop member Harrison Okhueleigbe, who has just published his first book, and find out what his writing journey has been.

Anne Grange tells us why she’s really excited about the poetry masterclass with Liv Torc scheduled for Sunday 27th November, which promises to be a fantastic opportunity to work with an inspiring, joyous poet who is very much part of Anne’s own writing journey.

What or who has inspired you to write? For Writers Workshop member Lisa Towers, it was Fern Cotton … and some Monday Morning Motivation! Find out more in this mini blog.

Often when people come to work with me as a coach, they think they’re coming to talk about plot stucture, time management or how to break into the writing industry, but as soon as we start to talk about what’s getting in the way of them fulflling their writing dreams, fear is pretty swiftly discovered to be lurking in the shadows. It was for me, for many many years. In fact, fear was such a dominant force that I now realise that it stopped me from putting my work out into the world for decades.

We asked our member, Tracey Ford, to tell us about her writing journey and how she got involved with writing and The Writers Workshop.

Writers Workshop member Harley Jones-Ryley has been participating in our Summer of Submission, and we asked her to tell us about her incredibly productive experience.

It’s the last week of Summer of Submission! Get inspired by our final prompt and submission recommendations of the season.

Last week’s writing prompt was a first line from Bryony Doran. Find out where Workshop member Sue Wright took her story from there!