Back by popular demand, I’ll be running my FREE online writing workshops again in 2026!
This is a series of 6 workshops aimed at new writers (but all welcome!) – Zoom sessions run monthly January to June 2025 on a Saturday morning 10am to 12pm UK time. Provisional dates are below – please be aware these are TBC. The workshops are designed to build on each other but also function as standalone workshops so don’t worry if you can’t attend them all!
THERE IS NO EXPECTATION OF SHARING YOUR WRITING WITH THE GROUP – THIS IS A FUN, FRIENDLY, SUPPORTIVE COURSE DESIGNED TO GET YOU STARTED OR BACK INTO WRITING AFTER A BREAK!
If you have any questions or want to book your spot, just drop me an email ellie@elspells.com
24th January 2026: Session One – Getting Started & Building a Writing Habit
28th February 2026: Session Two – Gathering Ideas & Planning
28th March 2026: Session Three – First Drafts: Getting Words on the Page
25th April 2026: Session Four – Editing 1: The Big Picture
30th May 2026: Session Five – Editing 2 – Polishing your Prose
27th June 2026: Session Six – Keep Going! Embracing the Writing Life
I will send out an invite before each workshop and you just need to RSVP by email with whether you’d like to attend. If YES, you’ll get the Zoom link a day or so before the session.
TESTIMONIALS FOR ELSPELLS WRITING WORKSHOPS
Here is what previous attendees have said about my workshops:
“Ellie’s writing workshops were rich with practical advice, useful information and encouragement. I found them immensely helpful.” – Kate M.
“I love the sessions. Ellie makes them fun, informal, and informative. I feel I have useful tools going forward with my writing journey. It’s also nice meeting other people with the same interest. I am so grateful to Ellie for providing the sessions for free.” – Norah
“Ellie’s course and writing feedback has taken me from a nervous newbie to a much more confident writer. She is warm and generous with her time and her feedback is spot on with wonderful, compassionate yet practical advice to help drive my writing onwards. I cannot recommend her highly enough.” – Katharine R
“I loved your workshops! The material covered was very helpful and you were always very well prepared.” – Heather
“I have gained and learned such a lot from Ellie’s series of writing workshops. She is so encouraging, reassuring and supportive of new writers, and the sessions were full of practical tips and really useful exercises to inspire and move us on with our writing, whichever stage we might currently be at. Ellie covered several different topics during the series and although I wasn’t able to attend all the workshops, they worked very well as standalone sessions. I really appreciated her warm, knowledgeable approach at each stage of the series and am looking forward to making use of her feedback service – the workshops made me want to press on with my work in progress and savour the joy which can be found in every step of the writing process. Thank you so much, Ellie!” – Fiona M
“Ellie provided a great course, very supportive (you are all writers!!). Covered a lot of different aspects of writing.” – Stefanie
“Elspells Writing Workshops are a brilliant resource for authors who want to build on their craft in a supportive environment. Ellie uses practical exercises to inspire your writing and spark your creativity along with wide range of useful resources, books and blogs to delve into for future inspiration.” – Jenny W.
“Ellie’s workshops are the perfect mix of writing advice and practical exercises, and her enthusiastic and supportive approach makes you believe that you really are a writer! After a very long break from writing, I am now back and really enjoying it. Very highly recommended, thanks so much Ellie!” Donna S.
“Ellie’s sessions are truly brilliant. I cannot recomend them and her enough. I cannot thank her enough for giving me the confidence, teaching me and inspiring me onwards in my writers life. If you don’t believe how good she is from this, sign up and see for yourself. You won’t regret it!” – Janie W.
Ellie’s workshops are warm, friendly and full of inspiration and great writing advice – I always felt invigorated and armed with new techniques afterwards. Thank you, Ellie! – Jo S.
“These workshops are super helpful and packed full of advice, practise exercises and resources. But the best thing about them is Ellie herself – she is unfailingly positive, enthusiastic and knowledgeable but even more than that, she makes you believe you can do it! Highly recommend.”
“Ellie is such generous teacher, sharing her techniques and gives much encouragement which I really needed to accept that I am a writer!” Karen H