New Workshops!

Hey all!

Hope you've all been having a rocking month. February is over and TSW has been busy so we're sorry for no blog posts!

Well the first thing that we wish to share is that TSW was at the Karachi Literature Festival held on 11 - 12th Feb 2012. It was a pleasant experience and the response to our much loved game "Write - A - Line Competition was invigorating and overwhelming and we recieved participants of all age groups.
We stayed uber busy through out the whole two days and thoroughly enjoyed the intellectual experience of Karachi Literature Festival.

To view the winning entries and pictures of  the KLF - Write - A - Line Competition, please view our Facebook Page

Also, The School of Writing is pleased to share its new and exclusive workshop offered for students and teachers for the month of March 2012.

The Art of Teaching Essay Writing with Fatima Shahbuddin – A 2 days workshop specifically for teachers to help them focus on the importance, ease and the tiny nuances of Essay Writing and how to aid and over come the obstacles and barriers faced by the students in Essay Writing. This workshop will focus on the methods, different approaches and techniques including the 5-paragraph essays, 6 traits of writing, and/or process writing activities that teachers can use to teach essay writing.

Communication Skills for Young Learners with Rehmat Ebrahiem - A 2 days activity based training programme to help you know yourself, your peers, manage friendships, deal with adults, teachers, parents and others. Participants will gain conceptual understanding, practice strategies and techniques through different activities, including problem-solving and decision making tasks. They will be introduced to a variety of easy-to-use intellectual tools that they can use as productive contributors to their own development.

Writing Camp for O&A Level Students 2012 - This 12 days course focuses closely on all English Language problems faced by O and A Level students highlighting all aspects of essay writing, letter writing, creative writing or academic writing, poetry, prose and plays with accordance to the current O and A level syllabus. We guarantee you’ll leave with a strong grasp on the English Language and you will be able to ace your exams in no time at all.

If you're interested or want to register than you can always email us at: info@theschoolofwriting.org or call us at +92 21 354 44519

We hope to hear from you soon ,
Happy Writing!

Writing for Yourself with TSW's Help

Dear All,

Welcome to The School of Writing's Blog. 

Thank you for having shown such keen interest in us and so causing us to make this blog. The purpose of this blog is to keep you updated about the latest and upcoming events of The School of Writing.

Not only will you be able to receive updates but you will also be able to read articles, essays, poems and any other piece of writing that people have produced during The School of Writing's Workshops, Online Competitions or other promotions as this blog is meant to showcase and highlight their work.

A lot of people do not seem to understand that Writing has served as a medium of communication in our lives since a very long time. It is a part of our history as mankind. As soon as Man made a language for himself, he found the need to keep a record of what he said and did and who he communicated with. Man was no longer satisfied with relying on his memory, which must have failed him several times. 

At first, pictures were made to suffice for the need to record everything. However, the nature of writing has been constantly evolving, and it has evolved from pictures to symbols to letters, particularly due to the development of new technologies over the centuries. 

Writing helps us to be able to break boundaries and express ourselves to people all over the world. It creates a certain immortality, which could not be experienced without writing as it is one of the universal mediums of communication despite the language barrier. Not only do we connect with other people, we learn to connect with ourselves because:

      "The pen is the tongue of the mind." - Miguel de Cervantes

Socially, writing is seen as an authoritative means of communication, from legal documentation, law and the media everything is produced through this medium.

Even if a plan must be formulated, it first needs to be put in writing before it can be finessed and worked on. 

Yes, writing is a time consuming activity but it doesn't have to be a tedious, dull task and no matter how hard a student will try to avoid it, writing letters, essays and emails are an integral part of everyday life that help to shape a person's personality, future career and his role in a company/organization.
If one does not know the proper terminology or usage of the English Language then their progress in the world is very limited as English and Writing have become synonymous with Universality as Writing is the most common means of Communication and English is the most common language for writing. 

However, throughout the centuries, the art and skill of writing has been downplayed to a certain extent as to leave it rather forlornly neglected.

And this is where The School of Writing steps in ... we are on a mission to not only breathe new life in to writing but altogether change the dreary outlook and concept of writing via The School of Writing's Writing workshops. 

The School of Writing Workshops not only aims to assist the students to better learn to express themselves but also aim to provide a platform to all the shy writers to reveal their work to the world. 

Let us help to show the world that there is beauty in words!

For more details about The School of Writing please visit 

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