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Is it presumptuous, or over confident to plan such a night before the Scottish Association of Writers’ competitions have even been entered? Certainly not when… Read More »SAW Success Night 23rd March 2016

Maist folk fin it awfu hard tae talk aboot theirsels withoot soonin like a richt blaw, but Jimmy Begg, the doctor and writer, disnae come… Read More »Dr James Begg on Writing in Scots

Zoe Strachan, well known to many club members from her contribution to the success of East Ayrshire’s Imprint Festival, gave us her insights into creating,… Read More »Crafting short stories with Zoe Strachan

You might think that club members’ recent successes with published articles, especially in Scottish Memories, would make a workshop on Article Writing and Research superfluous.… Read More »Article Writing with Sheila Grant & Nigel Ward

Radio is better than TV – the pictures are so much clearer. As always, a workshop led by Helena Sheridan is full of tips-of-the-trade, hands-on… Read More »Helena Sheridan’s workshop – writing for radio

When I was asked to write the blog, I couldn’t scribble my notes fast enough as our guest speaker, Marc Pye gave insights into the… Read More »Marc Pye at Speaker’s Night 24th February 2016

Dane Love is a man with a passion, a passion for old maps and the stories behind some of their markings and for sharing those… Read More »Dane Love on local research and writing

This was to be my first workshop with the club and I felt a bit nervous. The speaker at this workshop was Debby Broughton-Hay, a… Read More »Workshop: Debby Broughton-Hay: Short scripts, sketches and The Simpsons

Once again our feedback night showcased a diverse collection of works from AWC members who were brave enough to present their short stories, poems, scripts… Read More »February Feedback Evening

Margaret Skea: A Sense of Place and Period. 25th November 2015 The President’s theme for this year is A Sense of Place and Margaret Skea’s… Read More »Margaret Skea: A Sense of Place and Period

What would success look like for a writers’ club? A large, engaged membership? Success in national and other competitions? A cohort of published authors with… Read More »January Success Night Blog by John Eden

The first meeting of 2016 took the format of a workshop led by our very own Mauchline Belle, Janice Johnston. From the minute I saw… Read More »2016 begins…