{"id":692,"date":"2021-09-23T18:39:55","date_gmt":"2021-09-23T17:39:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/localhost\/?page_id=692"},"modified":"2025-10-21T20:21:32","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T19:21:32","slug":"writing-groups","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.cambridgewriters.org\/?page_id=692","title":{"rendered":"Writing Groups"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:32px\">Writing Groups<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top is-image-fill-element has-nv-c-2-background-color has-background\" style=\"grid-template-columns:43% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1087\" height=\"942\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cambridgewriters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/notes-on-woodCROP.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1183 size-full\" style=\"object-position:66% 40%\"\/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p style=\"font-size:5px\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our writing groups all meet monthly. We don&#8217;t write on the night, but members read work aloud and give and receive constructive feedback. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Contact a group coordinator in the first instance to arrange coming along to a meeting. You are welcome to try a couple of meetings before joining Cambridge Writers.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:70%\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Long Prose<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Long prose may include anything from novels to biographies and memoirs. At a meeting, members read extracts of their work and receive helpful feedback on their writing from the rest of the group. Depending on numbers attending, you will have around twenty minutes to read your piece and receive feedback. It helps if you bring printed copies for other members to refer to, and write comments on, which will be returned to you at the end. Meetings are held on the last Tuesday of each month.   <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:30%\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Coordinator<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Edwin Hall: <a href=\"mailto:%65%64%77%69%6e.%70.%68%61%6c%6c@%67%6f%6f%67%6c%65%6d%61%69%6c.%63%6f%6d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">contact<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-neve-text-color-color has-css-opacity has-neve-text-color-background-color has-background\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Online Creative Writing<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This group arose during 2020, as an online meeting conducted over the &#8216;Zoom&#8217; platform. It works in the same way as the long prose group described above, with extracts read out by members and feedback given and received. Extracts are shared beforehand for these meetings, so that members can have a copy to refer to as a piece is read out. Meetings are held on the second Tuesday of the month, and &#8216;Zoom&#8217; links will be emailed to those wishing to attend.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Coordinator<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Siobhan Carew: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"mailto:siobhan.carew@cantab.net\" data-type=\"mailto\" data-id=\"mailto:siobhan.carew@cantab.net\" target=\"_blank\">contact<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"591\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cambridgewriters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/thumbnail_SC.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2564\" style=\"width:144px;height:177px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cambridgewriters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/thumbnail_SC.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.cambridgewriters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/thumbnail_SC-244x300.jpg 244w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Short Prose<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Short stories and short non-fiction are read at this group. As a guide to length, we usually ask that work substantially over 2000 words be read over two meetings. It helps if you bring printed copies of your work to the meetings for other members to refer to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meetings are held on the third Thursday of each month.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Coordinator<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Tim Love: <a href=\"mailto:tlove136@ntlworld.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">contact<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cambridgewriters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/tim-love-id-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9\" style=\"width:136px;height:136px\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Poetry<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The poetry group alternates between email exchanges one month and an in-person meeting the next. These take place on the last Monday of the month.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Coordinator<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Harry Goode: <a href=\"mailto:harry.huguette@ntlworld.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">contact<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"215\" height=\"301\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cambridgewriters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/harry-goode-id-18_SHORTSTORY.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1887\" style=\"width:149px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Travel and Nature Writing<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>There are currently five members who work on travel narratives and who meet once a month.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Coordinator<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Jane Wilson-Howarth: <a href=\"mailto:%77%69%6c%73%6f%6e.%68%6f%77%61%72%74%68@%76%69%72%67%69%6e.%6e%65%74\">contact<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"203\" height=\"203\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cambridgewriters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Jane_Wilson_Howarth_SHORTSTORY-e1640778284612.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1898\" style=\"width:179px;height:179px\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Writing Groups Our writing groups all meet monthly. We don&#8217;t write on the night, but members read work aloud and give and receive constructive feedback. Contact a group coordinator in the first instance to arrange coming along to a meeting. You are welcome to try a couple of meetings before joining Cambridge Writers. 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