Blocked creative writing students part 2

Blocked creative writing students part 2

Story, Plot and Structure. According to Nabokov the first story was not when a little boy runs down the mountain crying ‘Wolf’ with a wolf chasing him but when he runs down mountain crying ‘wolf’ and there is no wolf there. Check out the short video capsule to help you think about stories and structure…

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Blocked creative writing students

Blocked creative writing students

For all blocked creative writing students. Both physically and metaphorically. The text to be studied is an extract from Zora Neale Houston’s, Their Eyes Were Watching God “It was a spring afternoon in West Florida. Janie had spent most of the day under a blossoming pear tree in the back-yard. She had been spending every…

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Nous nsommes pas fatigués

Nous nsommes pas fatigués

My experience with online learning began about 26 years ago as a recently divorced, mother-of-three (in those days), with the CNED (Centre national d’enseignement à distance). My aim was to, once the kids had gone to bed, prepare for the French competitive teaching exam. Back in the days before online learning platforms, this entailed receiving…

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Diary of a creative writing class 2

Diary of a creative writing class 2

Free-write 10 minutes. Prompt ‘Skin’. By the hair of my chinny chin chin I will not let you come in. For I intend to stay alive. In my very own skin. I will not to be skinned for your pleasure.  I will hunker down into my skin. This skin of mine. Take this skin. And.…

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Anecdotes to Troubled Times (Blogging Course 2022)

Anecdotes to Troubled Times (Blogging Course 2022)

It is with great pleasure that I publish the links to this year’s student blogs. They are remarkable individual and collective journeys into creativity and the multi-faceted nature of culture. Enjoy their delicious shared moments. Take hope from their energy and optimism and generosity. And don’t hesitate to join in the conversations. Alibabatheater Another Way…

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