We have been looking at the powerful poem below in my creative writing and reading groups recently – Origins by Imelda Maguire. The poem has provoked some really interesting discussions around where we come from and powerful poetry, across the different groups – including my weekly block of three workshops in Muswell Hill and the Care...
Muswell Hill,
London
N10 1PP
Category: <span>free flow writing</span>
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HATS – WHO WILL YOU BECOME?
Hello & welcome to our hat gallery!Over the past few weeks, I have been touring workshops with my hats and it has been great fun…I took the hats into care homes, community centres & my own group workshops in Muswell Hill. I themed various creative writing exercises around them, which included memoir, poetry & story. We also used...
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IN THE BEGINNING
Hello!My feet have barely touched the ground this month. It’s good to be back to blogging! I was inspired by a poetry reading a friend took me to recently, where audience participation was encouraged (we dared each other to write and read out our work – it was good to be reminded of what it is...
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ROOTS
I woke up to a snowy North London this morning and went off to a networking group in Finchley, which I hadn’t been to before. When sitting in a lovely cafe with my friends & colleagues afterwards (this photo was taken there – a sketch of the venue), we got to talking about how we...
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HAPPY NEW YEAR
Enjoying the snow! French Alps- January 2015 Happy New Year!I hope 2015 has started well for you. I have just returned from the French Alps. It was beautiful. There were times when the landscape looked as if it has been painted on. The air was incredibly clean and invigorating. I got to write, read, daydream, spend quality time with my friend,...
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2014 – FOUR SEASONS OF STORIES
Hello & welcome to the final Creative Writes blog post of 2014!I hope you have been enjoying the Festive Season and are looking forward to welcoming in 2015. It has been an incredibly fulfilling & varied 2014 for Creative Writes. I was able to build on work from previous years – running my regular Weekly...
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FREE YOUR WRITING!
My sister bumped into her neighbour the other day, who was writing in a cafe. She discovered that he was a script writer. She said that if he felt that his writing needed freeing, he should contact me! When she told me, I thanked her. I wasn’t only thanking her for spreading the word and...
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DIGGING FOR STORIES
Hello, November is turning out to be another extremely busy month for Creative Writes! I have been continuing with the pilot series of reading sessions in C&C care homes for people with dementia and one of the poems we have been looking at is ‘Digging’ by Seamus Heaney. It’s been wonderful to share this with the groups,...
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HAVE YOU SEEN MY BULLDOZER?
Have you seen my bulldozer? My two year old nephew lost one of his favourite toys recently – his bulldozer. His sole mission became to find the missing bulldozer. Being very eloquent for a two year old, wherever he went – on a bus, to a party, into a shop – he would ask ‘Have...
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A WORD FROM LANNA…
Lanna Ford, our first volunteer! My Volunteer Experience with Creative Writes by Lanna Ford I have just completed a two-month volunteer placement with Creative Writes, which included attending all the workshops as a participant during that period. I came across this opportunity when I was looking for writing workshops to attend and I was happy...