Successful Crime Writing
Led by Sue Walker
A course for writers interested in crime writing who seriously want to be published. The sessions covered story structure and architecture, character, dialogue and location - all pivotal tools in building plot. Participants were shown how to write a foolproof synopsis and finished the course with your first few chapters complete. Sue included essentials about the business of publishing including: successul pitching, writing a biography and packaging yourself and your work.

Writing Erotic Fiction
Led by Kay Sexton
From a work of erotic literature, to a scene in a murder mystery, a five session evening course on how to master the genre - from the simply sensual to the downright dirty!

2007
Great! But was it any Good?
Disability Arts Critical Writing Masterclasses
Autumn 2007
New Writing South was invited by Arts Council London and DAO to run two masterclasses for artists and writers working in Disability Arts. These masterclasses were organised in part to test the water as to how an organisation like New Writing South could work collaboratively with DAO and the Disability Arts sector. It has transpired to be an extremely fruitful partnership, resulting in excellent skills-sharing and greater understanding on both sides. We feel that everyone involved learned a great deal. Click here for the full report.

Postcards from the Edge
In September BBC Radio Kent/New Writing South hosted the POSTCARDS FROM THE EDGE Roadshow, capturing people's Kent memories and impressions on postcards, from five places on the Kent coast. The project commissioned ten new monolgues from writers Noel Greig and Peggy Riley.

Writing for a Living
Fifteen homeless or otherwise excluded writers particpated in this twelve-week course with New Writing South. 'Writing for a Living' covered writing for radio, journalism, turning experience into fiction, editing and presentation skills. This twelve week course aimed to develop writing skills and demonstrated how it is possible to earn a living as a writer.
Led by Dominique De Light and Vanessa Gebbie guest speakers and workshop leaders will include Alexander Masters, BBC Radio, Radio Reverb, Argus Newspapers and others. Writing for a Living was supported by the Global Grant Scheme administered by brighton and Hove City Council.

Points of Play
A series of nine playwrighting workshops led by leading writers, directors and literary managers to compliment and inspire the development of a new play.

1. Ideas, Inspiration and Intent
A workshop to help generate the idea for your next play.
2. Finding the Story
Planning, plotting, situation and story JACK BRADLEY, Literary Manager at the National Theatre
3. Crafting Characters that Breathe
Led by playwright CHLOE MOSS
4. Form and Structure Led by MARK WHEATLEY
5. Entrances and Endings
Looking at beginnings and endings of scenes and the tha play as a whole. Led by FRANCES STIRK, Literary Manager, Hampstead Theatre.
6. Dazzling Dialogue Led by TESSA WALKER
7. So What's my Play About?
A look at themes and issues led by KEN CHRISTIANSEN
8. July 2007 Editing & Redrafting
Finding the bigger picture led by DIANE SAMUELS
9. D.I.Y
The Writer as the Producer. Let's start HERE.

2006
South Specific 2
A Few Thoughts on Happiness
As the government set up a working party to measure and define the effect of well being and happiness on society New Writing South and Farnham Maltings combined forces to theatrically delve into the concepts of HAPPINESS.
The aim was for writers to work with Gavin Stride and create a number of versatile short pieces that could be performed as curtain raisers in venues or at other events. Six Writers: Heather Dunmore, Jane George, Christine Harmer Brown, Nick Owen, Sean Tyler and Matthew Wilkie created ten works. They were workshopped and scratch performed at The Nightingale Theatre Brighton and are now available.

Rehearsed Readings:
September 2006
Colonel Sir Victor Barker Bart. DSO
written and directed by Michael Bell
Set in the 1930s Michaels play traces the life of Victor Barker, a real life woman who lived in Brighton as a man for forty years.
July 2006
The Bootmakers Daughter by Chris Dixon
Inside Out by Trevor Harvey (With Celebrating Age)
June 2006
The Wrong Kind of Love by David Allen
May 2006
Husbandry on K by Mike Sells
What the People Want by Kefi Chadwick
Invisible by Louise Monaghan
Inside Out by Trevor Harvey

Introduction to Screen Writing
led by Julie Everton

Introduction to Playwrighting
Led by Anna McGrail
Four week course Autumn 2006

Writing Short Stories
led by Catherine Smith
Four week course Autumn 2006

Writing for Radio
led by Gordon House
Eight week course Autumn 2006