We create transformative and inspirational spaces for writers and would-be writers. We offer workshops and events around creative fiction and non-fiction, life writing, poetry & writing for wellbeing.
We have our mentored online co-writing group, ‘The Write Place’, and - new this November - we have Sunday morning in-person writing groups at the Lamb & Flag in Oxford, home of the Inklings where Tolkien and CS Lewis would meet with their friends to share and discuss their writing.
Sign up to our newsletter to be the first to hear about forthcoming workshops and events (and, for a behind-the-scenes slower read around the discussions we have about writing and process in our workshops we have a Substack, “Blows the Heart Wide Open.” More on that below).
I invite you to have a scroll around the website, and perhaps join us for a free session in the Write Place, or drop us a line here.
Kate x
Welcome to The Writing Well
Instagram competition
We're giving one lucky person the chance to win a £30 gift voucher.
A £30 voucher would get you one of the following:
One of our wonderful upcoming workshops. (Sign up to our newsletter to be the first to hear about all the exciting ones coming up in 2026.)
Two of our very popular fiction-craft on-demand workshops with author Pippa Dunn
Two sessions at The Write Place, our mentored online writing group (the first session is always free, so you would in fact get 3 sessions.)
1/2 an hour 1:1 mentoring/writer’s suppor session with Kate Oldfield, writer, poet, ex-publisher and writing mentor.
See @the_write_place_ to enter and for T&C.
Good luck!
Competition closes on Monday 8th December, 11.59pm (GMT).Winner will be picked on Tuesday 9th December and contacted via DM.
NEW Workshops, Cowriting & Mentoring
Looking for a mentored online writing group?
Finding writing a lonely business? Don’t know where to start? Don’t know how to finish? Just want a supportive space where you can experiment and find your voice and your flow and work out what you want to do? Then look no further!
The Write Place is a mentored online writing space, where writers of every level can come together for support, community and accountability, while carving out 2 hours of precious and protected writing time.
It’s a perfect space to get your writing done, break through the block, find your flow and meet like-minded people. (Imposter syndrome isn’t allowed a look in.)
There are regular sessions online:
Monday 9.30am–12pm
Thursday 9.30am–12pm
You can pick whichever session you like, whenever you like. All sessions are on Zoom (in school term times). All timings are UK time.
First session is always free, with no obligation to commit if you find it’s not for you.
Get in touch with Kate today to arrange an informal chat to discuss your needs, hopes and questions.
ON-DEMAND VIDEO WORKSHOPS
Novelist Pippa Dunn teaches Fiction-craft
Four new prerecorded workshops to use in your own time to help you hone your fiction project and get you writing!
Choose to buy individually or save with a bundle.
Special Offer for November Novel writers!
For a limited time only, to celebrate (inter)national Novel Writing Month, anyone buying the bundle of four novel-craft videos will get: FREE ACCESS to any or all of our online Friday morning co-writing space this November (Value £60). See below for more details.
Looking for 1 to 1 mentoring? Book a session with Kate
Kate has worked as a writing mentor since her career in publishing, working with non-fiction and fiction writers, and poets to help them kick-start their creativity, commit to their practice, get over imposter syndrome, reflect on their process, negotiate writers’ block, edit their project and just get their writing done.
Clients include professional writers and hobby writers. Whether you want to have a one-off session or have a monthly or weekly accountability session, get in touch to see how Kate could help you.
Regular or one-off reflective and therapeutic writing practice sessions for personal growth and reflection are also available.
It’s the perfect space to concentrate on your own goals and desires, and negotiate the hurdles you might be facing.
What people have said about working with Kate:
‘Kate is … inspiring, giving me permission to write and believe in myself as an author.’ - TS
“Now, I AM a writer, thanks to Kate and her help and prompts. I now make the time to write most days and I am over 13.000 words into a story that was an effort, [now I am] almost tripping over ideas to move the story onwards. Thank you Kate, I hold you wholly responsible!” GC
Initial session: 1 hour: £90 (£100 if to include preread of up to 1,500 word sample, or 3 poems)
Follow-up sessions: £35 for 30 minutes, £60 for 50 minutes.
Sessions can (and mostly do) include writing time in response to bespoke prompts.
Written feedback to be agreed separately, depending on availability.
Sessions are on Zoom (UK time), or in-person in Oxford. Further afield in-person sessions by prior agreement.
An initial 10-minute assessment chat is always possible, with no obligation to commit if you find it’s not for you.
Get in touch with Kate today to arrange an informal chat to discuss your needs, hopes and questions.
We have a Substack!
For more stories from behind the scenes, with reflections and prompts and bonus workshops, why not take a peak at our Substack, Blows the Heart Wide Open? And coming soon a subscription community for weekly reflecting and planning your creative process. Keeping you accountable to your practice and free to find your flow and get your writing done.