Join us for a day of fun, relaxation and Christmassy creativity! With unlimited teas and coffees and an encouraging, distraction-free environment, get stuck into engaging writerly exercises and build your own Christmas fiction, poem or children's book. Perfect for anyone who enjoys a good story and wants to kick off the season with a sprinkling of imaginative magic.
What we'll cover during the day
The full day workshop is split into two sessions with a lunch break between, giving you the opportunity to try your hand at different styles and genres or chose the type of writing that most interests you.
Morning Session - Poetry
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Finding inspiration and the spirit of Christmas
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Learning the basics and the brilliance of poetry in it's various forms
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Getting lyrical to build your own Christmas wonderland
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Delving into festive feeling to create your own Christmas poems
Afternoon Session - Prose
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Getting festive with the greats- learning from the pros
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Diving into the nuance of Christmas and its wholesome (and not so wholesome) themes
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Building a Christmas cast
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Creating your own Christmas story- be it verse, short fiction, or full prose
What you'll learn
Fundamentals
You'll learn the core elements of storytelling. You'll explore the driving forces behind a novel and how to translate them to the page
Plotting
You'll explore different approaches to plotting a story to find the one that works best for you and your novel
Character
You'll build the cast of your novel. You'll study key examples to develop your heroes, villains and others into characters readers will love (or love to hate)
Worldbuilding
You'll lay out the environment of your novel. Taking inspiration from life and literature, you'll map you're novel's world weave it through your story development
Workshop Dates & Times
Title | Date | Start Time | End Time | Price |
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Full Day | 14/12/2025 | 10:00am | 5:30pm | £50 |
Morning Session | 14/12/2025 | 10:00am | 1:00pm | £30 |
Afternoon Session | 14/12/2025 | 1:30pm | 4:30pm | £30 |
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Just yourself. Notebooks and pens will be provided as well as everything else you need to engage in the sessions. Of course, if you have a favourite pen or notebook you prefer, by all means bring them along.
Not at all — Orwrite courses are open to everyone from beginners to seasoned writers, in search of a refresher.
We've chosen course venues around the city that are easily accessible and which offer the quiet and space to learn in a comfortable environment. All venues are on bus routes and all have parking nearby.
At Orwrite, we believe the only way to learn is by doing. That's why all Orwrite courses will give you the chance to develop your skill and your confidence in writing:
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Through guided writing exercises designed to develop your style, approach and thinking
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Through pair and group activities that encourage supportive and collaborative working that helps develop specific skills to be used in individual exercises
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Through individual feedback and reassuring guidance to help you build on your learning and hone your craft
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Don't worry. We know not everyone can be available, just in the daytime or in the evenings. That's why we deliberately offer courses on a rolling basis; offering the same courses across the day and into the evening. If a course isn't available at the time you want it, check back the following term for alternative course timings. Alternatively, sign up for our newsletter to get updates on upcoming courses.
In the meantime, why not book onto a retreat to get your creative juices flowing?
Sorry to hear you're not enjoying the course you enrolled on. We get that sometimes courses can feel overwhelming or you chose a creative area you aren't fully comfortable with.
Unfortunately, we can't offer refunds beyond the first week of learning. If you find, however, after the first week that a course isn't for you, we will do our best to accommodate, either refunding the difference (excluding week 1 fees) or transferring you to a more appropriate alternative course. Just drop us an email and we will get back to you as soon as we can.