Courses

Content

Four weeks of directed activities, writing prompts and notes using the natural world, museum objects, artefacts, art, poems and narrative non fiction excerpts to inspire your work. What is your summer? Where do you connect to the world around you?

This course is designed by Wendy Pratt

Wendy Pratt is an author, poet and editor. Her Nan Shepherd prize longlisted landscape/nature memoir The Ghost Lake is published by The Borough Press in August 2024. Her latest poetry collection, Blackbird Singing at Dusk will be published by Nine Arches press in November 2024. She is the founder and editor of print literary magazine, Spelt. 

Dates and Times

This course begins on 5th July 2024

Who is this course for?

This course is open to any ability.

Investment

This course is £25 and can be booked through PayPal.

It is free to subscribers to my Notes from the Margin substack writing community.

If you are already a paid subscriber, you do not have to do anything to register, you will automatically be enrolled.

To sign up for a year of courses, workshops, insider essays, and a closed facebook group follow this link: Substack

Testimonials

“I would highly recommend any of Wendy Pratt’s on-line courses. The prompts and

discussions of themes are well thought out and interesting, so that there were very few

that I just let go by. Being part of the on-line forum was very encouraging and I felt

really supported by Wendy’s and other people’s comments. I even wrote some other

poems and memoir while doing these workshops and without them I think I might have

had very little to show for the last three months. The prompts help you to approach

material from different angles than usual, or to write something completely surprising. I

found the courses very enjoyable as well as inspirational and affirming.”

RS

“I found your prompts and the accompanying information extremely helpful and stimulating. For me your emphasis on 'no pressure' has felt very freeing and combined with your introductions, your course helped me to begin writing again. 
In short,  your course was excellent  - I learnt a lot and felt able to do what I could, given various other constraints in my non-writing life.  Thank you so much!”

HBN

“Wendy's online writing courses are stimulating and challenging. The introductions to the weekly topics include links to videos, articles and lectures, plus a variety of exemplar poems, all of which add to the broader context of each course. Although there is no pressure to keep up with the daily prompts, they are thoughtful and thought-provoking, which makes writers want to return to those they missed. The closed facebook group enables participants to share work in a safe and  supportive environment. The fact that so many participants return to subsequent courses is an indication of how much they are valued.”

AH

“I have thoroughly enjoy the time spent here. First time on such a course. I really thought I’d be doing more reading than writing. I have often encouraged my primary school pupils to write but never thought to indulge myself until now. Actually I’ve become addicted. I went on holiday in the middle and have returned with half the prompts still to do. The course has finished but I mean to continue and indeed to book another one when one is advertised. The prompts are varied and inspiring. They allow for so many interpretations. There’s no feelings that you are doing it wrong. No pressure. The group has been very friendly and so encouraging to be able to read the responses of others. Just very enjoyable. Thank you Wendy.”

EL