A lot of my creative writing workshops are aimed at children these days, so during this difficult time we’re in, I thought I’d put some resources together aimed at parents and teachers of primary school children. I’m hoping it will help you stay sane while the children are at home. Creating it has certainly helped…
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This week, I are ... mastering the art of giving workshops to quiet people
People often ask me, ‘How do you work with children? Are they not very noisy?’ Well, believe it or not, some children are not noisy. Just as there are quiet adults, there are also quiet children. And I gave a workshop to a group of quiet children recently at a Halloween writing workshop. As a…
This week, I are ... awed by the brilliance of writers with intellectual disabilities
I have been meaning to write this post for such a long time. It’s about a creative writing collaborative project I’ve been working on over the past eighteen months that is very dear to my heart. The project is with a group of people who are brilliant writers and who have intellectual disabilities. Strictly speaking,…