Flowers for a C&C Care Home Workshop in Windsor Hello & welcome back to the Creative Writes blog, I am sorry it’s been a while – I guess it’s a good sign when the workshop leader is too busy running workshops, to update the Diary of a Workshop Leader!I have been thinking a lot about this...
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LOVE
Love This week, I began a series of poetry workshops in Care Homes for C&C (Central & Cecil), who manage homes and sheltered housing schemes for older people across London and beyond. I knew that many of the residents I would be working with would have dementia at varying stages. I have been preparing as much...
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SUMMER SO FAR…
The group scribbling away at Creative Writes Summer Surgery on Saturday Hello & welcome back to our blog!I am a little behind on the blogging, due to a rather busy month of June so far…This Saturday saw the first Creative Writes Summer Surgery in Muswell Hill. There were different writing stations set up around the inspiring...
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BEHIND THE SCENES
Have you ever been to a workshop and wondered what the tutor does as their ‘real job,’ or their ‘day job’ & what they are doing when they are not teaching you for the two hours each week? Well, I thought it would be fun to give you a little snap shot behind the scenes...
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DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
I realised that recently I have been asking a lot of questions…One of the writing exercises that I have been trying out myself and with my groups, has been to imagine emptying the pockets or bags of ourselves at a different age – then of somebody we know well & a character from a different...
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ARE YOU CONNECTING THE PROSE AND THE PASSION?
A View from the Bridge – Young Vic I was fortunate enough to see the new theatre production of Arthur Miller’s ‘A View from the Bridge’ at the Young Vic on Saturday. It was mind blowing. It really was. As we wiped away our tears at the end and tried to come back down to earth,...
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MAY MUSINGS – HAVE YOU BEEN TELLING TALES?
Hello, I hope May is going well for you so far? So, have you been telling tales, writing poetry for National Poetry Month or perhaps just pondering? Over here at Creative Writes, I have been spinning tales with my groups and also in my own writing space. Some of these tales have been spun into...
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CREATIVE WRITES VIDEO – THE LAUNCH!
Happy Easter to you all! Here it is, the new Creative Writes video. I hope you enjoy watching! It feels wonderful to be able to share this with you, five years after Creative Writes was founded. Comments welcome on this page and on YouTube. Thank you to everyone who has taken part, especially to the...
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THE GREAT BLOG TOUR
Sutton House – Linenfold Parlour Hello and welcome! I am delighted to be taking part in The Great Blog Tour this week. Last week was Jane Moss, here’s the link to her post: http://joinedupwriters.wordpress.com/2014/04/07/the-great-blog-tour/ Jane is a fellow Lapidus member and kindly invited me on board. We are blogging about our writing processes. Panelling in...
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LISTENING
The Little Chamber, Sutton House – National Trust Happy British Summer Time to you all! It was worth one hour less sleep on Saturday, bring on the longer days.It has been a whirlwind week at Creative Writes headquarters. It would take too much blog space to share it all but here are the highlights…During the...