CLUB SPOTLIGHT

WRITER’S CLUB

Answers by Claire Lynette Shoubridge

This month, the Adelaide University Writing Club is taking over the Featured section! We’re here to tell you about the club, answer all the questions you may have, and recruit writers for our upcoming campaign into uncharted literary territory! If you’re interested in writing, or just enjoy some down time with some fun folk, feel free to seek us out. Membership is easy and FREE

WHAT DOES THE WRITING CLUB ACTUALLY DO?

The Club holds weekly meetings during the term, where we spend time writing original pieces, sharing our work, and receiving feedback from one another. We work on personal projects, novels, plays, poems, and all kinds of writing! We generate ideas for settings and plots, develop fictional characters, and contribute to bigger, collaborative projects, like the stage-play we’ve written for the Theatre Guild – keep an eye out for that soon! Writing Club sessions usually go for a couple of hours, and vary from week-to-week to suit everyone’s timetables, but there is no obligation to come each week or be there for all of it. Just come whenever you want!

IS THIS A VALUABLE EXPERIENCE?

WHO SHOULD JOIN?

Have you written words and enjoyed it? Huzzah! You likely have the penchant for creative writing. Come give it a try. Everyone is welcome at the club, whether you are a current or former student of the University of Adelaide, or even if you’ve never been a student here!

WHY SHOULD I JOIN?

It’s engaging and lots of fun! Writing is a collaborative exercise. If you wrote something only for yourself, no one would read it. That works for diaries, but if you’re hoping to publish a novel or short story, you’ve got to talk to people! And who better to talk writing than WRITERS? Come along, show your stuff, get feedback, and read the work of other writers!

HOW DO I JOIN?

Personally, I’ve had an idea for a book circling in my head for years. Before I joined the club, I made a few attempts to get it rolling, but since I’ve never written a book before, I never knew where to start. Joining the Writing Club has put me in contact with people who have experience with writing. Talking about the writing process with them really helped to get my story started. If you’re like me, with ideas a-plenty, but unsure of how to put them on paper, the Writing Club is a great place to start! It’s simple! All you have to do is knock on the secret door, answer 2 riddles, and complete a transcontinental challenge…nah, just kidding! Look us up on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/ groups/676485135739765/) and come along to the next Writing Club Session. Easy as that!