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‘Writing helps us make sense of ourselves, to explore our hearts and minds, to better understand others, to take journeys and find freedom.’

Beverley Ward

Hi, I’m Beverley.

I’m a writer, facilitator and writing coach and the founder of The Writers Workshop.

I’m the author of three books: Archie Nolan - Family Detective, Dear Blacksmith (a journey of love and loss) and Writing Revolution (101 Tips and Ideas for Young Writers).

I write fiction, poetry and non-fiction. I have a novel for adults out on submission and am currently writing about my journey to overcome ptsd and burnout over on my Substack, Aftershocks.

When I’m not writing myself, I love to help other writers to find their voices through my workshops coaching and retreats. I’d love to help you find yours too!

Find out more about me here.

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Workshops and

Children’s Clubs

Writing allows us to travel to places that we might never go to in our real lives and to experience things that we can only dream of.

Writing allows us a window onto other worlds, a door into new experiences, a mirror of our own lives.

Book workshops

“Beverley’s writing workshops mean the absolute world to me. They are a safe, welcoming space where you are free to let your imagination fly, and my writing has come on in leaps and bounds since I’ve been attending. It’s through this that I have found my writing voice. Thank you.”

~ Lucie Jolley

Coaching

Life, like fiction, is full of ups and downs, plot twists and unexpected obstacles that we must learn to overcome.

I encourage people to live their own authentic lives, just as I encourage writers to find their authentic voice. I want to liberate people from their self-limiting beliefs and enable people to live their best, most authentic, creative lives.

Through coaching we can change our narratives and become creators of our own destinies.

Start your journey

Writing Retreats

There’s nothing I love more than running writing retreats in Bridlington and elsewhere.

Find out about retreats

 

 
 
 

Blogs

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Focus on the throw
Focus on the throw

My son is learning to juggle at the moment. I’ve always felt that circus was his calling and it’s such a thrill to watch him apply himself to something that he really loves to do. It’s even more exciting because he’s combining several things that he loves in one act; the boy they call Hatter, is now juggling hats alongside the balls!

But what’s this got to do with writing?

Write about Grief and Loss - Friday - Memorials, Ashes and Funerals
Write about Grief and Loss - Friday - Memorials, Ashes and Funerals

Memorials, ashes and funerals 

Planning funerals and memorials gives us something to do in our grief and is an important way to honour our loved ones. It can be really comforting to have a special place to visit whether it’s a grave or a bench or a tree, or simply the place that ashes were scattered. It can also be a bit of a minefield as different relatives have different associations with the person who died and each one might think they know best. There can also be a lot of red tape to go through.

Write about Grief and Loss - Thursday - Finding Comfort in Grief
Write about Grief and Loss - Thursday - Finding Comfort in Grief

Things that bring comfort

I spent at least the first eight months of my own grief mostly feeling desolate and filled with anger at the unfairness of life and struggling with my loneliness. I think it's fine to write about these things but one of the things that I found helpful (and continue to find helpful) was to also write about the fact that I had known great love and to try to keep that feeling of love with me.