Next Level Creative Writing

Are you experienced writer who feels as though you’re not reaching your potential? Do you have lots of first drafts but don’t know how to really make them work? Are you interested in ways to take your work to a wider audience?

This one-day workshop will focus on critical appraisal of our own work, the secrets to redrafting/re-writing and editing existing pieces to truly make them work. We will also explore the next steps toward publication and finding an audience for your work.

The day will also include an individual mentoring and an editing session for each participant.

YOU WILL NEED TO BRING TWO PIECES OF YOUR WORK IN PROGRESS TO THE WORKSHOP TO FOCUS ON FOR THE DAY.

This day workshop is specifically aimed at students with some experience of creative writing who are interested in further developing their creative writing skills. It is equally relevant to writers of poetry, short stories, memoir or budding novelists.

Tutor Cathi Rae is a widely published poet, spoken word artist, multiple poetry slam winner and workshop facilitator. Her work has appeared in journals, online magazines, poetry anthologies and art exhibitions. Cathi has performed throughout the UK at poetry events, festivals and arts events, and has been described as a spoken word icon! She has an MA in Creative Writing and PhD in Poetry from the University of Leicester.

Participants must be aged 18+.

This one-day workshop runs on Saturday 25 October, starting at 10:30am and ending at 4:30pm.

Our café will be open or you are welcome to bring your own refreshments. There will be a short break for lunch.

If the course/workshop you’d like to book is sold out, we do operate a waiting list - simply contact our box office team on / and ask to be added to the waiting list. We’ll then contact you if a place becomes available, with absolutely no obligation to accept it if you’ve made other plans!

Please ensure that you agree to our updatedTERMS & CONDITIONS before booking as courses/workshops are non-refundable in some circumstances.

We aim to make all our sessions as accessible as possible and carers/PAs are very welcome - just remember to book their free place when you book your session. If you'd like to talk to us in advance of booking or attending your sessions to discuss your access needs, our Box Office team is here to help! Email, pop in or call, open 7 days a week.

We have four blue badge parking spaces outside Attenborough Arts Centre, plus double yellow line roadside parking very close to the building for blue badge holders for up to three hours if our parking spaces are occupied.

Free parking for all customers is available after 5pm on weekdays and all day at weekends in the University of Leicester car park next door to Attenborough Arts Centre on Lancaster Road. The closest public car park
for parking at all other times is Victoria Park, 5-10 minutes walk from us (near De Montfort Hall).