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Congratulations to DSW member Richard- his Pint Sized Play ‘It’s All in the Mind’ will be performed by Howick Little Theatre, New Zealand in March 2026! Well done Richard!

After a busy couple of months, we’re getting back to the foundations of all great scripts- a strong story idea- with a workshop hosted by expert scriptwriter and tutor Tina Jay, and there’s a few tickets available for non-members too. The workshop will focus on how to find and develop story ideas to create an …

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Congratulations to Jeff, who is celebrating a second story publication with The First Line Litereary Journal, in a collection of stories that explore just why the restoration work stopped at the the abandoned St Julian Hotel… click on the link to find out more…

We’re getting ready for the summer (and the rest of the writing year) with a couple of events we’re slap bang in the middle of planning right now… if you’d like to know more, stay tuned! Or even better, if you’d like to join us at our next meeting, click here.

Hey, where did summer go? Even if Mister Blue Sky isn’t coming back this week, we’ll be back at Derby Museum this Sunday to discuss one of our members’ scripts in progress, alongside our writing plans for the rest of 2025 and 2026-If you’d like to join us, click here.

It’s our 2025 Annual General Meeting, where we’ll catch up on what we’ve been up to last year, and what we’re getting up to next year, as well as choosing our board members for the next twelve months. If you’d like to find out more about us, or join us to see what we’re up …

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Happy April everyone- before we all stuff ourselves silly with choccy eggs, we’re meeting this Sunday to discuss our 2025 Crime Scripts project and give feedback to a script in progress submitted by one of our members- egg-citing times!If you’d like to join us, click here.

Congratulations to DSW Member Richard- his short story No Such Word as Can’t is featured in February’s edition of Link Magazine. Great work Richard!

Shhh! If you listen carefully, you can almost hear Spring getting ready to, well, spring! We’re meeting this Sunday and continuing our 2025 plans by working with members to bring the threads of their crime themed scripts together- if you’d like to join us, click here.

We’re continuing 2025 with developing and writing our series of crime themed scripts- and discussing one of them at our meeting this Sunday- if you’d like to join us, click here.