How to run writing workshops

If you want to make a career as a writer, the creative process is only part of the picture. These days, writers need to be able to multi-task as facilitators, editors, influencers and entrepreneurs. In our new Develop Your Writing Career series, we'll be giving you the tools to build your platform, profile and portfolio career.

Running workshops is a staple part of the work of the vast majority of writers but not all of us have a teaching qualification or experience of faciltating groups.

In this masterclass you'll learn how to plan and promote a workshop, how to manage group dynamics, how to give appropriate feedback and how to encourage group members to flourish. You'll leave the session with the confidence to run writing workshops in a variety of settings.

About your leader - Beverley Ward

The founder of The Writers Workshop, Beverley Ward has been running writing workshops for twenty-five years. A trained teacher and the founder of Sheffield Young Writers project, Beverley has run thousands of workshops with children, young people, carers, drug users, homeless clients, refugees, excluded pupils, with St Luke's hospice and with a wide range of adults who enjoy writing. She's been running her much-loved weekly Get Writing workshops for the last decade and also has also run regular workshops for childrens' writers and those writing about grief.

Host or Publisher The Writers Workshop