The rhythmic hum overhead gains pace Thrumming waves filling the sky A din that builds and builds Like the thick, hot air This is the summer of my childhood Eucalyptus scent, thick with cicada crescendo These creatures celebrating life, celebrating freedom After being hidden for so long in a dusty tomb Encouraging their army … [Read more...]
What writers need
The creative writing project I've been involved with over the past four months, The Write Road, drew to a close last week. I can't tell you how proud I felt as I watched the 17 grade 5 and 6 students I had mentored during these months pore over the pages of the anthology their work was published in, along with the work of 30 others … [Read more...]
Creative writing exercise: What could Alder be thinking?
Fiction is something I'm still learning how to write. Actually I'm certain it will be something I am learning to do for my entire life. With this in mind, I'm currently studying The Open University's Start Writing Fiction course. I'm way behind, as I am prone to do because I take on too much stuff, but today I wrote a piece prompted by … [Read more...]
Inspiration in Magic Lessons
You know that feeling you get when everybody is talking about something really special, but you just can't see what it is they are fascinated by? That was me with Elizabeth Gilbert. I say was because I've now joined the LG fan base, however it was a long time coming. Like many women (and some men) I read Eat Pray Love. Unlike many women I wasn't … [Read more...]
Rise and Fall
Writing for pleasure is something I don't often indulge in, but when I do it always makes my heart sing. For the past few weeks I've been mentoring a group of 16 young writers participating in The Write Road program. In their first week they were presented with this photographic writing prompt entitled "Daybreak", and then asked to write … [Read more...]
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