Connect/Disconnect
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Connect/Disconnect

Time to reflect… Here we are, still shaping our new world At Creative Writes, we are enjoying the variety that each week brings, with our online and in person workshops – along with facilitating in the Community and Corporate workshops/events. There’s also the Community Engagement freelance work for the wonderful heritage site – The Charterhouse,...

Lost for Words?
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Lost for Words?

It’s been a while, hasn’t it? Apologies for the delay. I appear to have been a little lost for words. Ironic, I know. Patterns and routines are constantly shifting in response to the Pandemic. Therefore the ‘new normal’ isn’t static and we are all continuing to find our way. As a result of this shifting...

Creative Writing with Care
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Creative Writing with Care

Hello, I wanted to share some recent experiences with you from my work in Community & Care Settings, as a Creative Writing and Poetry Reading Facilitator. I hope you find it helpful. There is a downloadable resource pack in this blog post too. On 24 September 2019, I was invited to facilitate a Read Aloud...

Space To Write
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Space To Write

Hello! I hope you are enjoying the London sunshine, Time has flown since the last blog post, which was written just after the sparkly 10th Creative Writes Birthday Words & Wine celebration. It’s been a busy time. Essentially, I have been busy creating space to write both for myself and the groups and individuals I...

Ten
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Ten

Hello & Happy New Year to you all, I hope you had a wonderful Festive Season. 2019 marks ten whole years of Creative Writes! This feels like a significant Birthday, so we are going to celebrate… There will be a special Words & Wine Workshop to celebrate our Birthday in March 2019 and we are...

Grabbing words, building stories
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Grabbing words, building stories

Hello, Welcome to Creative Writes & to Autumn, I have been writing this blog post in my head for quite a while and am delighted to finally be typing it out! I work in a wide range of settings and there’s a lot to digest. No day is the same and I meet such wonderful...

Spring has sprung, it’s time to write!
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Spring has sprung, it’s time to write!

  Let’s be daring and celebrate! The weather may of course shift any minute but at the moment, let’s celebrate the sunshine and use this to trigger a new Season of creativity. It’s been a while since the last blog post and it feels great to be sitting down and writing. Life has been a...

Year Of The Story
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Year Of The Story

  Happy New Year! Here’s to a wonderful, creative 2018. We had a busy 2017 here at Creative Writes, with a range of creative writing workshops. We launched Words & Wine, which proved very popular. These workshops are held at an inspiring private residence in Muswell Hill, N10 and there is much laughter along with...

The Currency of Words
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The Currency of Words

Treasures from my travels… Hello, I have recently returned from an adventure in Cambodia and what wonderful writing inspiration it was… I could write pages & pages here but I have chosen some of the most poignant moments and thoughts to share with you from the trip.  Something that became really apparent to me, was...