What is writing???
I find that often as writers we have a love hate relationships with workshops seeing them as a necessary evil that takes us away from… Read More »What is writing???
Workshops
Points and poems
http://youtu.be/S_txb_C2PlU “Oh my god! I got 122000 points” The year four boy shrieked to a friend on a competing table with the same excitement normally… Read More »Points and poems
Kids have a natural propensity for poetry
A day of poetry at The Jerwood. Students hunted out individual elements in collages and colllections in works of art, drew them, labelled them and… Read More »Kids have a natural propensity for poetry
Actor Interruptions another tool for creative literacy
Teachers take part in an Inset at Discover Children’s Story Centre where they got to taste an Actor Interruption first hand. I have been running… Read More »Actor Interruptions another tool for creative literacy
A Sign Of Times To Come?
Being a freelance writer has it’s ups and downs. The Ups – I get to choose my holidays, I get to work in a range… Read More »A Sign Of Times To Come?
Playwriting Sessions at Soho Theatre – Script Slam
I’ve been running some playwriting sessions for Soho Theatre over the last couple of weeks and thought I’d share with you some playwriting exercises that… Read More »Playwriting Sessions at Soho Theatre – Script Slam
Poems For Kids And Puppets
I recently ran a storytelling workshop at Richmix in Shoreditch. It was a one and a half hour session with ages 4+. Richmix have for… Read More »Poems For Kids And Puppets