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Creative Writing Mentoring - helping you to progress in your creative life!

Are you thinking of writing but having trouble how to start? Have you started writing but seem to have blocks that are stopping you continuing what you’ve started? Or do you feel shy about sharing your creative writing and want to take the next steps? I’ve successfully helped mentor people on their journey into creative writing and in the classes we will take the journey looking at ways to help overcome obstacles that might be stopping or blocking your progresses, or helping you to continue writing you may have started. We will do this with a mixture of looking at your work and thinking of strategies to help you overcome any potential blocks. Although I have a particular interest in writing for plays, (I am a playwright and published poet), this class is for also for those wanting write creatively.

Location

Online via webcam

General info

Age:
Teenagers (13-17 years old)
Adults (18-64 years old)
Seniors (65+ years old)
Student level:
Beginner
Duration:
60 minutes
The class is taught in:English

About Me

I am a playwright and published poet with a passion to help mentor those on their creative writing journey.

I am especially keen to help those that want to either take the first steps in writing but don’t know how, or those that are struggling with their writing at whatever stage.

As a writer I have gone on a long journey from summoning up the courage for someone else to look at work and to then keeping on progressing despite setbacks and steps forward and what to do next! I know the importance of having a reliable mentor to help you reach all those stages and how important and vital it is in being able to complete work.

Lessons are structured initially depending where you are and what you want; usually it’s helpful in our first session if I can first look at your writing (if you’ve written something), and discuss your ambitions and look at issues currently holding you back; we can then plan further sessions dependent on where you want to target your help - either story progression, blocks keeping you from completing or getting down to write, how to go about getting your work visible etc. As we progress, we can look in depth at things you may want to concentrate on, if that’s obstacles to writing, wanting feedback on your work or just having agreed milestones for your work for our next session. I do feel that sessions and helping people progress are best taken forward when it’s student focused and shaped, although with steering help from me, with an aim of progression of and in your work.

Education

University of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
(Degree in English Literature and Art History)
A Levels (in English Literature)
Westminster Pastoral Foundation (WpF) (Counselling Skills Foundation Course)

Experience / Qualifications

BA Honours degree in Combine Honours (specialising in English Literature and Art History)

Counselling Skills diploma from Westminster Pastoral Foundation, 2014

Published Poetry in ‘Her Heart Anthology’ 2017 and 2018 ; WH Smith Young Writers competition winner 1993

Mentoring for writers since 2019

Various Play readings in ‘scratch’ nights since 2021

‘Three Queens’ (play) ran from 23rd April to 11th May 2024 at Barons Court Theatre, London.
Not only did I co-produce my play ‘Three Queens’ but ‘Three Queens’ has been nominated for two Off West End Awards (OFFIES), for performance and also nominated for a Standing Ovation Award from London Pub Theatres.

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I decided to work with Ros because I had seen some of her plays and got to talk to her after a performance. I found both her work and her personality compelling and thought I could learn a lot from her to materialize my ideas and finish my draft'. In this first session, she was very personable and listened very well to where I was at with my creative work, it felt easy chatting with her about my writing. We talked about my aims as well - it felt good to find someone who took what I was wanting to do seriously! In the session we identified areas that I wanted to work on most and identified a plan for me to write for her and send for our next session. It was very helpful as it clarified my writing. The session felt great as I really felt involved in being able to get across what I wanted to concentrate on, as well as Ros helping me pinpoint what I needed - it felt really collaborative and supportive. In the second session, we worked on structure. Ros took a lot of time to go through it line by line, I was able to talk to her about my choices as well as her giving me feedback, the discussion felt respectful and responsive on both sides. Ros then gave me a few tips to help me be able to go forward about implementing what we had talked about. I loved that she was genuinely encouraging of what I was doing. It means so much to have good support!

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