The Ideas Series: How To Find Inspiration In Your Everyday Life (And Get It Commissioned)
Wed 22 May 2024 5:30 PM - Sun 26 May 2024 11:45 PM BST
Online, Zoom
Description
Join us for the second in our new ideas workshop series, looking at how to come up with more ideas, more easily. In this session, we're joined by Melita Cameron-Wood to explore how to find even more inspiration in your everyday life.
This interactive workshop is packed with exercises to get your creative juices flowing — just bring a pen and paper along with you. We'll cover:
- Taking supposedly mundane experiences and turning them into pitchable ideas;
- Key questions to ask yourself and exercises to generate ideas;
- How to break out of an idea drought;
- Turning ideas into tailored pitches for editors and publications.
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SPONSORED/FREE PLACES: As ever, we reserve free spaces for people for whom cost is a barrier. No questions asked. Please message hello@journoresources.org.uk as soon as possible if this applies to you and you would like to attend this event.
Meet The Speaker
Melita Cameron-Wood is a half-British, half-Maltese freelance journalist, based in Valencia, Spain. She writes about film, art, lifestyle, careers, business trends, start-ups, travel, food & drink, and people. Her work has been published in The Guardian, Inverse, Little White Lies, Inside Hook, Reader’s Digest, Modern Farmer, Time Out, Times of Malta, Sunday Circle (The Sunday Times of Malta), TOPIA Magazine, The Malta Independent, Business Spotlight (ZEIT SPRACHEN), Spotlight (ZEIT SPRACHEN), New 7 Wonders, Modern Times Review, ArtsTalk Magazine, ArtDependence, Bournefree, DUTCH, The Magazine, Selamta and Meer. She also has a background in educational publishing, creates EFL learning materials and educational audio for GCSE students, offers German–English translation, corporate voiceovers, and audiobook narration.
Types Of Ticket
Live Ticket: Select a live ticket if you'd like to watch the session live. You'll receive a Zoom link to join when you order. Don't worry if your plans change though — we will also send you a copy of the recording and any session notes via email. This is normally 24-48 hours after the session to allow time for us to edit the recording.
Watch Back / Recorded: If you just want to watch back, please select a recorded ticket. This allows us to keep a handle on numbers and make sure we have enough seats around our virtual table. Again, no worries if you change your mind, you will still be sent the Zoom link, so no need to let us know. You will typically be sent the recording 24-48 hours after the live session, to give our team time to edit