Happy National Poetry Day! Poetry stones – write a wish The theme of this year’s National Poetry Day is Water and was inspired by Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s Rime of the Ancient Mariner: from The Rime of the Ancient Mariner Water, water, every where, And all the boards did shrink; Water, water, every where, Nor any drop to...
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REFLECTING AND PROGRESSING
Found Magazine – full of unexpected treasures As the Seasons change, it has been another busy week for Creative Writes, with new discoveries and experiences. In this blog post, I wanted to share some of my reflections on the past week with you and also look ahead… When planning for a new post – ongoing creative...
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FRESH PICKINGS
Hello all, It’s good to be back home to the buzz of London, after two weeks on a Writing Retreat and Autobiography Workshop in a very quiet corner of Greece. With the start of September and notes of Autumn in the air, I bring you reflections on the summer and fresh pickings for the season...
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YOU CALL THE SHOTS
Enjoy focussed writing time with just the two of us! I mentioned in my recent Creative Writes newsletter that I have had an increased number of Masterclasses (the adult Masterclasses are one to one, for one or two hours). The group workshops are also blossoming but I do find this shift interesting. Many of you...
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SUMMER FRENZY
Hello – it has been quite a week! I had been asked to return to the Leytonstone Festival to deliver a poetry workshop. So on Sunday, I found myself in the basement of a nightclub with a group of Leytonstone locals! As we were in the Luna Lounge, I themed the workshop around the moon and stars,...
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SWEET NECTAR
I have been thinking about sharing moments – sharing sweet moments. I have been thinking of Summer and I decided not to focus on the negative – the fact that the sun has been hiding for so long and the hay-fever I have developed, the difficultly I am having breathing properly. I decided to focus on the sun that has...
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MAKING YOUR MARK
On Wednesday, I ran a new Themed Workshop entitled ‘Colourful Writes.’ I have always been fascinated and excited by colour – especially bright, sumptuous colour in art and nature.I read a review a few years ago in Mslexia magazine on Derek Jarman’s book ‘Chroma.’ It sounded fascinating and when I read it, it didn’t disappoint. The book is a kind of...
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WHAT MAKES YOU DIFFERENT?
The workshops create time just to write In the autumn of 2008 I was about to leave a full time post in Arts Management, where I had worked for six years. I wanted a change and I felt that it was time to go back to my roots – to my passion. My decision to...
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KEEP TAPPING AWAY!
Keep tapping away! I have been thinking about what to write for this blog post. I was concerned that maybe I didn’t have enough to say, that there wasn’t one main ‘news story’ since the last post. Then I remembered all the steps I have been taking and all of the work that goes on behind...
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THE SPICE OF LIFE
Hello and welcome to another varied week in the life of a Workshop Leader! The past week week has included the return of our themed workshops with ‘Playing with Poetry & Words’. It was held on the day of Margaret Thatcher’s funeral and I had been thinking about Ritual and Rites of Passage. We did...