The New Ink Tank is a 10-month professional development programme for writers. Participants of former programmes have had their work performed at West Yorkshire Playhouse and published in several magazines, such as Mslexia and Route, as well as attracting interest from publishers and agents.
Within the 10-month programme you will have the chance to take your writing further and enjoy the benefit of being part of a network. You will also create your own personal development plan, giving you the freedom to work towards your individual goals. This will continue to develop at each Focus Group meeting.
The course offers participants the opportunity to focus on their writing through a structured programme of monthly peer assessment and focus group meetings, workshops, the masterclass and reading reviews.
All activities are scheduled on weekends and evenings, enabling you to fit the programme into your working life. The Ink Tank is challenging, and you do need to be committed, both to writing, participating in activities and giving peer support to other writers on the network. This is a great opportunity to take your writing to the next level.
The Ink Tank is a well-rounded programme that approaches your development as a writer in three ways:
1) To develop your output in writing through peer assessment and focus group meetings
2) To provide you with guidance on aspects of writing through the workshops and masterclass
3) To consider yourself as a writer in the wider context of other authors and how looking at these works can further develop you through the reading review.
What does the programme actually involve?The programme will include:
• X 8 Focus Group & Peer Assessment meetings: 48-hours
• X 1 Personal Development Plan one-to-one: 1-hour
• X 1 Induction Day: 6-hours
• X 1 Review Meeting: 6-hours
• X 4 Workshops: 12-hours
• X 1 Masterclass: 3-hours
• X 5 Reading Review meetings: 10-hours
Total minimum contact time (hours): 86
On average you will meet twice a month. Once for:
• The peer assessment and focus group meeting to be held on a Saturday from 10 am – 4 pm at the
Yorkshire Sculpture Park.
And once for:
• An evening meeting that will either be a workshop/masterclass or reading review held in or around Wakefield and Leeds.
How much does it cost?The 10-month programme has a fee of £549
There are four payment options to choose from:
1. A single payment:
a) The full fee of £549 will be payable at the Induction Day
In this first option the final programme fee will come to: £549
2. A series of three installments:
a) £300 payable on the Induction Day
b) £130 payable July ’09
c) £130 payable October ’09
In this second option the final programme fee will come to: £560
3. A series of four installments:
a) £150 payable on the Induction Day
b) £140 payable May ’09
c) £140 payable August ’09
d) £140 payable November ‘09
In this third option the final programme fee will come to: £570
4. A series of five installments:
a) £100 payable on the Induction Day
b) £120 payable May ’09
c) £120 payable July ’09
d) £120 payable September ’09
e) £120 payable November ’09
In this fourth option the final programme fee will come to: £580
Places are limited and there is an application process. If you have any queries please don’t hesitate to get in touch by mobile: 07749 976 168, or email Beccy on beccy.ink@gmail.com.
All meetings will take place in and around Wakefield and Leeds.
Click here to apply.
