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Dateline:
2nd February, 2011
Free Creative Writing Course in Leeds
To celebrate the West Yorkshire Playhouse’s 21st Birthday, 21
people from across Yorkshire, who share a passion for writing will be
able to take part in a free course, So You Want to Be a Writer?,
meet like minded people and be inspired and challenged. The deadline
for applications is Friday 11th February.
This free course has been developed and co-ordinated by West Yorkshire
Playhouse to encourage everyone with a passion for writing, regardless
of experience, to explore and develop their talent. A series of workshops
will be held at the theatre, where writers will have the opportunity
to gain some invaluable advice from one of Leeds’ most successful
writers Mark Catley, among others. The course will run from 7th March
to 9th May with a showcase of work on Thursday 21 April.
So You Want to Be a Writer? welcomes applications from everyone
regardless of experience, so all aspiring writers should apply. To obtain
a place on this course, applicants must submit a one page letter describing
themselves, why they want to write and why they want to join. Applications
must be no more than a single sheet of A4 paper and arrive at the Playhouse
by 5pm on 11 February 2011. Applications are to be sent, via post, to:
Alex Chisholm, Associate Director (Literary)
West Yorkshire Playhouse,
Quarry Hill
Leeds, LS2 7UP
The theatre offers the following tip to would-be applicants:
- This isn't a job application. Phrases like 'I am a goal-orientated
individual deeply committed to a writing career' don’t tell us
anything except that you can write formal letters. We want to hear
what you sound like.
- There is no 'right' format. We've taken people who have written
short handwritten notes and full 1 page A4 close written type. It
is how you write not what you use to write with that counts.
- This is not the X Factor. A sob story does not automatically
mean inclusion. You may have had the most boring life ever but if
you can write about yourself in an interesting way - you're in.
- Don't write it in the form of a script. Every year someone tries.
It never works.
- This is not for people who are looking for an opportunity to develop
a script they have already written - the script reading service is
for that.
- The course has a regional bias so the further away from Yorkshire
you live the less likely it is that we will take you. We are not going
to take someone from London for seven week evening course.
- The course is aimed at people with little or no experience but
that doesn't mean you are automatically disqualified if you have studied
writing at any stage. We reserve the right to occasionally bend our
own rules.
- One of our aims is to try to get a diverse group of people together
across age, background, gender and writing style. This is because
we think the course works best with lots of different kinds of people
rather than a group of all 21 year old college leavers. A lot of our
applications do come from younger people just out of college but,
if that means we have to take fewer in that category, the upside is
there are usually more opportunities out there for young writers.
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