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Buy someone the gift of creativity: a voucher for an acting or creative writing evening class
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Are you stuck for cool Christmas gift ideas this year? Does he or she have it all? Why not buy them a voucher for a fun beginners acting or creative writing course with Act The Maggot. They won’t be disappointed. You might even decide to join them. The next courses begin at the end of January 2017 and run throughout the year. Read our testimonials to help you decide. It’s easy peasy. Get in touch, pay online and we can email a voucher for you to print. Hey presto. Pressie sorted!
Contact actthemaggot@gmail.com for details.
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New dates for next creative writing class
Act The Maggot is delighted to announce dates and times for our next fun Beginner’s Creative Writing class. It will happen Tuesday, September 6th to Tuesday, October 11th from 7.30pm to 9.30pm at Parker Hill, Rathmines. Please call 087 374 4926 or email actthemaggot@gmail.com to book your place. Each six-week course costs €180.
“To live a creative life we must lose our fear of being wrong.”
Joseph Chilton Pearce
Gift idea! Buy someone an acting class or a creative writing course!
Now you can spread the joy and buy an Act The Maggot gift voucher for a friend or loved one. Go on, present them with a golden opportunity to release their own inner maggot! Contact Amy on 087 374 4926 or at actthemaggot@gmail.com to discuss your gift plan and to decide which is best – a beginners’ acting class, a beginners’ creative writing class or an introduction to mindfulness.
Exciting creative writing class
It was so lovely to meet the new bunch of scribblers tonite for the first in a series of six creative writing classes I am running in the lovely Gateway space, Rathmines.
We got down to scribbling pretty quickly and managed to squeeze in a chocolate-fuelled tea break to boot. They’ve been sent off with short writing assignments for next Tuesday, their heads full of characters and possible plots already. A great array of talent with varied interests and tastes and, as always, a super bunch of maggots! Looking forward to next week already.
Funny story on Creative Writing
Tapping into one’s creativity, revealing oneself through stories and writing exercises with a group of like-minded aspiring writers can be a lot of fun but it also has its challenges.
For all of you who know what it is like to be part of a creative writing group or are about to learn, this short story by Lucas Gardner published in The New Yorker is hilarious.
Join us next week in Rathmines for a fun, creative writing class. There are still some places left. It starts Tuesday, May 10th and runs for six weeks. 7.30-9.30pm – €180 per course. To book your place, call 087 374 4926 or actthemaggot@gmail.com
Creative Writing Testimonial
Amy is an inspiration! I took part in her Act the Maggot class and
creative writing class 3 years ago. What a fabulous opportunity to reach your inner creativity, in a safe, nurturing environment. Loved every minute of it.
Liz Price
Thanks for that Liz. It’s not me, it’s you! If you are reading this and thinking about jumping off the cliff and writing on your way down why not give me a call or a text 0873744926 or actthemaggot@gmail.com
Our next creative writing class starts Tuesday, May 10 for 6 weeks in Rathmines (7.30-9.30pm) €180 per course.
Hennessy New Writing Awards
This should be of interest to beginner writers out there and provide some inspiration and future reading lists. Here is a link to a short article featuring the nominees for this year’s Hennessy 2016 Literary Awards. There is a nice blurb about each writer in their category and the focus in on beginnings, how their story was inspired, what was it’s organic starting point. Interesting stuff. Best of luck to Niall McArdle and Nathalie Ryan. If you are keen to find a good writing group in Dublin, why not try our next course starting May 10th, 2016.
If your dreams don’t scare you they aren’t big enough!
Sometimes we just need to be in the company of like-minded people to be reminded of our dreams and aspirations. It’s easy to get lazy and sluggish and forget some of the goals we used to have before life got in the way. Beginner acting classes help inspire confidence and clear thinking. Mindfulness meditation can help calm the mind in order to see clearly and make exciting plans. Creative writing helps get those hidden stories onto the page and gets the brain flowing with ideas again, especially in the group context with other adults. Remember to act the maggot as often as possible. It keeps us fresh, energetic and young at heart.