When Mark Goodwin spoke to Leicester Writers Club in March, one forty-something business man, completely sober, left the meeting so elated he danced in the street outside. Other members were equally impressed although in a more subdued manner and invited Mark to give us a workshop. Location proved a problem. Suitable rooms in Leicester are expensive, especially on a Saturday, so we decided to hold it outside in a member's garden. The weather should be warm enough at that time of the year, shouldn't it?
Mark settled on Gardens as the workshop theme. and sent members this message
I am hoping that it will be like May, so we can actually work out in the garden. However, it of course might rain! If it does, then we would largely work indoors, but it would be good, whatever the weather, if we actually go out into the garden, if only briefly. So, it'd be useful for writers to bring waterproof jackets and sensible shoes, should the weather forecast threaten something thoroughly British!
In the event the weather was Arctic rather than British. We had to switch on an electric fire in addition to having the central heating on full blast, and that was before we ventured into the garden.
Despite that the workshop was a great success, mainly due to Mark being a compassionate poet as well as a skillful tutor. He dug out nuggets of gold from even the the most unpromising of matrices. I would recommend Mark as a resident writer to any school or institution and am looking forward to reading the conglomerate poem he recorded on his state-of-the art voice recorder.
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