Monday creative writing exercise because it’s a good way to start the week: picture prompt
Use this photograph any way you want but you might like to start with this line. I knew Malcolm a long time before I fully realised what kind of man … Continue reading
Quotes for Writers and people who like quotes CHARLES BAXTER
In A Streetcar Named Desire, Blanche DuBois shrieks, “I want magic!” and so do ordinary readers. Fiction began its life in magic and fables and in efforts to instruct, and … Continue reading
Worst one line synopsis
Can you better this one: a rich man with issues falls for innocent young lass Can’t guess? Presume it is something you haven’t read (and never will read). No, it’s … Continue reading
Safari Friday searching the web for writers and readers — script writing
Safari = Swahili for long journey.I am on the look out for anything accessible from a keyboard that educates, entertains, intrigues, raises a smile. Anything that helps a reader get … Continue reading
What IS on a school reading list…..? I found Pratchett and Adams and that the old reading lists have been ditched
Following on from yesterday’s post about what I would choose to go on a school reading list, I did a little internet research to find out what is actually on … Continue reading
What book would you put on a school reading list?
E.A.M Harris blogs about reading and writing and her latest post has set me thinking. She is in the middle of a 30 day book challenge that forces participants to … Continue reading
Mums and magic, Dogs and super hero Dads feature in national writing competition for children
This is the third year of BBC Radio Two’s writing competition for children aged 13 and under. It’s called 500 Words and over 90,000 entries were received. 90,000! Lexicographers at … Continue reading
Writing from Nature – a six week course in the Sussex countryside
photo credit: ecstaticist via photopin cc Come and join me on a six week nature writing course that I am running in Foredown Tower, a unique location on the edge … Continue reading
Monday Creative Writing Exercise because it’s a good way to start the week: getting in the mood to write FLASH FICTION
None of these exercise ideas might actually produce a flash fiction story you would want to call your own, but I hope they get you into the mood for writing … Continue reading
QUOTES FOR WRITERS (and people who like quotes) O. HENRY
“I wanted to paint a picture some day that people would stand before and forget that it was made of paint. I wanted it to creep into them like a … Continue reading
Did you know we eat out a lot in BRIGHTON…
Brighton has the most restaurants in the country with one for every 250 people. Source @eatbrighton.
Safari Friday searching the web for writers and readers News from the Book Industry
Safari = Swahili for long journey.I am on the look out for anything accessible from a keyboard that educates, entertains, intrigues, raises a smile. Anything that helps a reader get … Continue reading
Creative writing in the classroom – visit my guest post
I’m not here right now. For one day only I am on Michelle Proulx’s blog. You can read me HERE on the most intimidating blank page anyone will ever experience…and … Continue reading
A Very British Blog Post (actually a Very Brighton Blog Post with a London Irish flavour)
Vikki Thompson over at The View Outside has invited readers to take part in this blog hop. You can read her post HERE which gives a very different take on … Continue reading
