Writers' News - Workshop dates

	Workshop dates Buckinghamshire subscriber, Jan Moran Neil, has seen life from both sides as a professional writer turned creative writing teacher. From her early successes including winning the BBC Writers' Competition (1994) and having her short story Death by Pythagoras broadcast on Radio 4, she went on to publish her own collection of work Serving Bluebeard Pie and edited a charity anthology Rhyme & Reason. In the last couple of years her first play Blueberry Promises, set in the 1950s, was staged on the London Fringe. A creative writing teacher since 1989, Jan founded Creative Ink for Writers five years ago, and is presenting a series of writing workshops throughout 2006.
	All held at the Fitzwilliams Centre, Beaconsfield, the workshops for beginner and experienced writers include: Opening Pages (18 February) for those writing short stories and novels; Characters Talking (11 March), scriptwriting for stage, radio and screen; Pimple-Popping Plots (29 April), twelve steps of the hero; Telling Your Story (15 May), personal writing experience; Starting With Endings (3 June), discussing possible novel endings; Speaking With Confidence and Finding Your Voice (24 June), for improving presentation skills; Writing for Children (1 July). The Ł40 fee includes a 3,000-word assessment. Alan Halstead, winner of the Writers' News Poetry Collection Award for On Sunlack Hill, says: 'In a lifetime of teaching and being taught, I would rate her among the top teachers.' For information on all workshops contact Jan, tel: 01494 680816; e-mail: jan@moranneil.freeserve.co.uk

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