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WRITING TO ENGAGE
September 3rd and 4th • Simon Beavis and Jackie Wills
Cost: (for 2 days all inclusive) £225 per person

Writing to Engage: These two professional writers will share with you some of the tricks of the trade over this two day session. They'll explore how to give your writing more impact and use writing to engage your readers.  You might want to develop your writing at work, sharpen the style of your blog or experiment with writing articles - the course will offer you a range of different starting points. If you have a specific issue you want to address, Simon and Jackie are also holding writing surgeries. There will be plenty of time for discussion, reading and walks. Bring three examples of your favourite writing for the first session - they could be from a novel, biography, guidebook, advert, song, poem or annual report!
 

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SIMON BEAVIS
worked for 12 years as a senior journalist on The Guardian - where he was Industrial Editor and Media Business Editor and in 1997, National Newspaper Business Writer of the Year. He set up Word Works, a creative business writing network, in 1998. He has worked with Marks & Spencer, KPMG, Cadbury, Camelot and Standard Chartered on annual reports, corporate responsibility reports, speeches, internal communications, website creation and training. He has lectured on writing and journalism at colleges and schools and is a musician and songwriter.

 

 

JACKIE WILLS
is a poet, editor, creative writing tutor and copywriter. She trained as a journalist, writing about local government and retail. She has run workshops for schools, community groups and business, including Unilever, London Underground and Clifford Chance as well as the writing strand of a leadership programme for the Arts Council. She has worked regularly with Simon through Word Works. She has published four collections of poetry.

 

 

 

For maximum of 12 participants.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
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