Guidelines for members
“A writer is a person who writes.” - John Braine, How to Write a Novel, 1974
Meetings
Every two weeks, tuesday 7.30pm – 10.00 pm
We are fortunate to have a permanent venue, the address of which can be obtained from George
Members must make the effort to attend meetings regularly and to give apologies to another member if unable to attend
Subscriptions
£10 annual subscription and £2 per meeting or, for occasional members - no annual subscription but £3 per meeting
Agenda
Appointment of chairperson/mediator
Collection of subscriptions
Introduction of new members (if any)
Any relevant items of news/interesting reading/book recommendations from any member
Readings, 10 minutes maximum each, followed by open critique of the work:
- multiple copies of work to be submitted, if possible
- members should ideally read their own work but may ask someone else to read for them
- criticism must be fair and valid reasons for criticism offered
- members without their own work to read should bring a piece that they consider will be helpful to the development of the groups skills, i.e. a poem or extract of fiction or non-fiction
Any other business
Theme for the next meeting
Chair for next meeting
Download a sample agenda here.
Contact
If you are interested in joining the group, please phone or email George (01284 767734) or David (01284 747238) for more information