Creative Play writing with Kiefer Wes Williams
Course details
This 8-part course is delivered by Grin Theatre’s Kiefer Wes Williams aims to give writers all they need to write a full play
In this intermediate playwriting course, participants are aiming to produce a 45-minute script through guided sessions and workshops related to writing for the stage. Participants MUST have some playwriting experience as this is NOT a beginners course.
Price £48 per person. (This can be paid in three instalments)
What you will learn
The eight sessions will cover the following elements:
Giving in to Your Muse : the writer and the imagination – how the writer can harness individual imagination through writing techniques and exercises. Also to look how inspiration plays an important role in the writing process.
Setting Goals and maintaining discipline : How to target the writers time and delegate writing tasks in a sensible and stress-free manner. Setting realistic goals and balancing writing time and lifestyle.
Characterisation and Dialogue : how to refine characterisation and dialogue through your writing. Understanding the importance of character development and extending how dialogue works to the writers advantage
Mapping the Journey : Understanding the ideal plotting tools available to the writer. Realising the journey to be taken. Making use of logging techniques. Being one step ahead of the process.
Creating The Script : How to pull everything together in a cohesive whole. Learning to edit and facing the final draft. How to access where you are at this moment
Delivery of Script : To the tutor and to be given a basic assessment by both MiW and Grin Theatre. For an additional fee we can dramaturg or give a detailed assessment. This can be discussed at the end of the course.
The course is designed in such a way that writers are able to communicate, develop and utilise their skills in a workshop setting to eventually produce and present scripts for submissions to either MiW and/or Grin Theatre Company
The course is designed to run over the course of 8 Saturdays 10.30-12.30 at Studio Below, 39 Rodney Street
Dates between: 8/3/25 and 26/4/25