Due to some unforeseen circumstances, Inverse will have to re-locate for its night of readings on Wednesday 26th June. We won't be at Monster Truck anymore. Our night of spoken word performance will now be happening at the quirky, exceptionally charming and very suitably idiosyncratic Molloy & Dowling's Opticians on Kildare Street instead.
Doors at 7 pm. Poets, prose writers, dramatists - including performances from the Inverse participants themselves! I hope to see all of you there!
A Creative Writing Project for LGBT Young People
Wednesday, 19 June 2013
Thursday, 6 June 2013
INVERSE EVENT // Wednesday 26th June // 7 pm // Free
As part of the Dublin Pride 2013 programme, Inverse will be hosting an event at the Monster Truck gallery in Dublin City Centre. A line-up of performance poets, prose writers, playwrights, will present their work as part of this event to mark the end of the first season of Inverse, the creative writing project for LGBT young people. This event is free and open to all: join our event page on Facebook
Inverse has been running over the past few months: a group of LGBT young people has been meeting for creative writing workshops, readings, talks and theatre trips. To celebrate the project's conclusion, we'll be assembling a dynamic line-up of readers and performers, alongside readings by the project participants themselves.
Venue: Monster Truck
Date: Wednesday 26th June
Time: 7 pm
Admission: Free
Inverse. LGBT Writing. Supported by the Big Smoke Writing Factory. Part of Dublin Pride 2013.
Inverse has been running over the past few months: a group of LGBT young people has been meeting for creative writing workshops, readings, talks and theatre trips. To celebrate the project's conclusion, we'll be assembling a dynamic line-up of readers and performers, alongside readings by the project participants themselves.
Venue: Monster Truck
Date: Wednesday 26th June
Time: 7 pm
Admission: Free
Inverse. LGBT Writing. Supported by the Big Smoke Writing Factory. Part of Dublin Pride 2013.
Monday, 3 June 2013
Inverse Session 6 // Saturday 8th June // FINAL SESSION
This Saturday Inverse will host its sixth and final session.
The group - a group of engaged and serious and talented young LGBT writers - will meet at the Big Smoke Writing Factory on Hatch Street for the last of a series of six 3-hour creative writing sessions.
Together the group will work on the close-to-finished pieces of writing which they have spent the last few weeks producing. There will be a feedback session, a development session, and we'll be talking about the future - about the writer's need for plans, discipline, and perseverance. We'll also be doing some preparation for the end-of-project Inverse Event later this month, at which the group will perform their work alongside a line-up of established poets and writers in the Monster Truck gallery on Francis St, as part of the Pride line up, Wednesday 26th June.
The group - a group of engaged and serious and talented young LGBT writers - will meet at the Big Smoke Writing Factory on Hatch Street for the last of a series of six 3-hour creative writing sessions.
Together the group will work on the close-to-finished pieces of writing which they have spent the last few weeks producing. There will be a feedback session, a development session, and we'll be talking about the future - about the writer's need for plans, discipline, and perseverance. We'll also be doing some preparation for the end-of-project Inverse Event later this month, at which the group will perform their work alongside a line-up of established poets and writers in the Monster Truck gallery on Francis St, as part of the Pride line up, Wednesday 26th June.
Inverse. LGBT writing.
Inverse Session 5 // Saturday 1st June // DETAIL // Featuring Guest Writer Una Mullally
Last Saturday Inverse held its fifth session, and we dedicated it to an examination of 'detail' in writing.
We practised some free-writing, we talked about the importance of the 'telling' detail, and the intersection of detail and perspective. We workshopped some of the participants' own pieces, and began some preparations for the end-of-project event later this month, at which the group will perform their work alongside a line-up of established poets and writers in the Monster Truck gallery on Francis St. And finally, we also had the very talented LGBT journalist Una Mullally in to talk to the group.
Inverse. LGBT writing. Every Saturday til the 8th June.
We practised some free-writing, we talked about the importance of the 'telling' detail, and the intersection of detail and perspective. We workshopped some of the participants' own pieces, and began some preparations for the end-of-project event later this month, at which the group will perform their work alongside a line-up of established poets and writers in the Monster Truck gallery on Francis St. And finally, we also had the very talented LGBT journalist Una Mullally in to talk to the group.
Inverse. LGBT writing. Every Saturday til the 8th June.
Wednesday, 22 May 2013
Inverse Session 4 // Saturday 25th May // VOICE // Featuring Guest Writer Sonya Kelly
This Saturday Inverse returns for its fourth session, and we'll be looking at 'Voice.'
We'll look at writing dialogue, monologues, and at the development of the writer's voice: a writer's individual style. There'll be more free-writing exercises, more activities, and we're very excited to have playwright Sonya Kelly, writer of the acclaimed 'The Wheelchair on My Face,' in to talk to the group.
Inverse. LGBT writing. Every Saturday til the 8th June.
Monday, 13 May 2013
Inverse Session 3 // Saturday 18th May // ATMOSPHERE // Featuring Guest Writer Denis Kehoe
This Saturday Inverse returns for its third session, and we'll be talking atmosphere.
We'll look at creating effective scenes, we'll talk about detail, style and narrative perspective. There'll be more free-writing exercises, more activities, and we're very excited to have novelist Denis Kehoe, author of Nights Beneath the Nation and Traces of the Flood, in to talk to the group.
As well as Brian, we’ve got a great line-up of LGBT speakers appearing over the next four weeks, including Una Mullally and Sonya Kelly.
More news to follow soon – and if you’re interested, get in touch, sign up, and be part of this unique creative opportunity. Every Saturday til the 8th June. Friday, 10 May 2013
Inverse Session 2 // Saturday 11th May // PLOT // Featuring Guest Writer Brian Finnegan
Tomorrow Inverse returns for its second session, and we'll be talking plot.
We'll look at how to generate plots, create characters, and devise scenarios for your fiction. There'll be more free-writing exercises, more activities, and we're very excited to have novelist and GCN Editor, Brian Finnegan, in to talk to the group.
We'll look at how to generate plots, create characters, and devise scenarios for your fiction. There'll be more free-writing exercises, more activities, and we're very excited to have novelist and GCN Editor, Brian Finnegan, in to talk to the group.
As well as Brian, we’ve got a great line-up of LGBT speakers appearing over the
next five weeks, including Una Mullally, Sonya Kelly and Denis Kehoe.
More news to follow soon – and if you’re interested, get in touch, sign up, and be part of this unique creative opportunity. Every Saturday til the 8th June. Tuesday, 7 May 2013
Inverse: Update
Our first workshop session took place on Saturday: six of us spent a sunny morning in Dublin City Centre, writing. A dedicated and surprising session of brainstorming, creative writing exercises, and conversation about how and why we write. Thanks to all who came. You were a fantastic group. I only hope the rest of the sessions are as fruitful.
Next week we'll be talking plot. There'll be more free-writing exercises, more activities, and we're very excited to have novelist and GCN Editor, Brian Finnegan, in to talk to the group. There are still spaces left if anyone would like to join this Saturday, the 11th May: we've got five more weeks of creative workshops, theatre trips and tours, free to any LGBT young people, aged 16-19, who'd like to take part. We'll also have talks over the coming weeks by a fantastic line-up of acclaimed LGBT writers, including Una Mullally, Sonya Kelly and Denis Kehoe.
Readers, writers, beginners, students, poets, dramatists. If you're interested, get in touch, sign up, and be part of this unique creative opportunity. Every Saturday til the 8th June.
Monday, 8 April 2013
Inverse: call out for LGBT young people
Calling all LGBT young people in Dublin, interested in writing, reading, creativity. If you'd like to participate in this FREE creative writing project, get in touch and reserve your place: nathanhughodonnell@gmail.com
Fundraising Table Quiz, 24th April, 4 Dame Lane
A table quiz will take place at the lovely 4 Dame Lane, 7.30 pm, 24th April. 4 people per table / €10 per person. Open to all!
This table quiz is being held to raise funds for Inverse, a non-profit creative writing project for LGBT young people. It will also be lots of fun. Come along, support a good cause, have fun, win prizes! Sure what more could you want of an evening in Dublin? I'll tell you: nothing. So come along!
Inverse is a 6-week programme of workshops, trips, tours, for LGBT young people, aged 16-19. It's important to us that this project remain free for participants, so we're campaigning to cover basic programme costs. Do come support us, and have some craic in the process!
This quiz is open to all, just book your table on the night - up to 4 people per table. Doors at 7.30. Quiz will kick off soon thereafter! Hope to see you there.
Nathan and Nicole
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Friday, 15 February 2013
INVERSE: a new creative writing project for LGBT young people
Inverse is a new creative writing project for LGBT young people, happening in the Spring of 2013. Over the course of a 6-week programme of weekend workshops, participants will explore writing in different forms; engage with ideas of narrative, identity and form; and create your own work. We're currently looking for LGBT young people, aged 16-19, who'd like to get involved in this free and open programme!
This project will take place over 6 Saturdays in May and early June. We'll be working with a wide spectrum of writing forms: poetry, prose and drama. These will be fun, dynamic and welcoming workshops. You don't need to be a writer already: we welcome beginners, readers, and young people just interested in creative expression.
Led by Nicole Rourke and Nathan O’Donnell, these workshops are a perfect starting point for those eager to try their hand at some writing, or simply interested in creative expression and exploration. These workshops are free, but places are limited, so you’ll need to book your place in advance. Early booking is advised!
When: Saturdays 4 May – 8 June (6 weeks)
Where: Dublin City Centre
Price: Free
Ages: 16 – 19
Where: Dublin City Centre
Price: Free
Ages: 16 – 19
Contact: nathanhughodonnell@gmail.com or call 086 6622671 for more information and to sign up.
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