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From first draft to publication
Your Creative Writing and Publishing Roadmap.
Wordbox brings you inspirational writing courses, resources and events to spark your imagination, hone your craft and reach your publishing goals.
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1. Read
It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more.
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2. Write.
It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more.
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3. Edit.
It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more.
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4. Publish.
It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more.
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5. Repeat.
It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more.
learning writing craft
WRITING SLANT
HOW TO BUILD A POEM
Learn to construct, edit and polish your draft poems, taking them from rough nuggets to polished gems
ready for publication in this six-week online course.
STARTS 22 MAY 2024
IS WORDBOX RIGHT FOR YOU?
What Writers Say:
“A helpful new set of revision strategies for my writer’s toolbox.”
“I discovered poems and poets that were new to me and learned a great deal more about the craft of poetry, all in a wonderful ‘no pressure’ environment... A wonderful experience!”
— C. Wellman, US
“Beautifully put together, visually clear and easy to navigate.”
“An excellent course which will help you develop your draft poems into something clearer and stronger, that you can feel is beginning to really sing. Angela has put together a wonderful range of tools...”
— A. O’Gorman, Ireland
“I found it so very exciting, like a treasure hunt, somehow.”
“The live sessions were consistently supportive, Angela is a very sensitive and skillful leader of these groups which is not easy on Zoom! The course opened doors for me.”
— D. Ognjenovic, UK
start writing. keep writing.
Book a Writing Course
Take your pick from themed writing challenges for daily writing inspiration, weekly craft courses or group workshops.
Let your pen take wing and transform the darkest month of the year
into an odyssey of discovery, as you discover its treasures.
Kick start your year with a 30-Day Writing Journey to open your eyes to the gifts of Januaries past, present and future, and embrace the possibility in new beginnings!
Each morning, you will receive an email with prompts in the form of a short essay about the day’s theme plus a writing and oodles of poetry, visual and musical inspiration; everything you will need to whet your creative appetite, spark your imagination and start writing.
For full details go to the The Winter Almanac Machine Home Page >>>
Winter Almanac is an on-demand course and you can choose your own start date via the booking confirmation email. Once the course is activated, you'll receive the introduction email within an hour and the first prompt the following day, then daily thereafter.
Heroes, Villains, Beasts and Beauty — explore the monstrous and the divine in your daily writing practice.
The Ancient Greek tales of power, passion, destiny and betrayal have captivated the human imagination for millennia, and been endlessly re-told and re-imagined for new eras and new audiences. How will they inspire you?
Join me for thirty days of writing prompts where we’ll scale the Olympian heights and plumb the Hadean depths of the greatest stories ever told!
Every day you will receive an email with a short essay about the day’s theme and a writing tip, plus oodles of poetry, visual and musical inspiration.
For full details go to the Gods & Monsters Home Page >>>
Gods & Monsters is an on-demand course and you can choose your own start date via the booking confirmation email. Once the course is activated, you'll receive the introduction email within an hour and the first prompt the following day, then daily thereafter.
The Body, your gravity-bound space ship – explore the human form as a source of creative inspiration in your daily writing practice.
Over the next 30 days, take a deep dive into all things corporeal and learn how to look at your physical, emotional & cognitive domain with fresh eyes and a sharpened pencil!
Each morning, you will receive an email with prompts in the form of a short essay about the day’s theme plus a writing and oodles of poetry, visual and musical inspiration; everything you will need to whet your creative appetite, spark your imagination and start writing.
For full details go to the Miracle Machine Home Page >>>
The Miracle Machine is an on-demand course and you can choose your own start date via the booking confirmation email. Once the course is activated, you'll receive the introduction email within an hour and the first prompt the following day, then daily thereafter.
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words of wisdom
“All creative art is magic, is evocation of the unseen in forms persuasive, enlightening, familiar and surprising…”
— joseph conrad
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