ThoughtTree – Stage Dialog
The session was essentially about creating dialog for drama use (stage and media) but it was stressed that the skills required were transportable to ANY type of Creative Writing. First instruction was to describe what bad dialog and good dialog looks like. “Hello Mary.” “Hi Sylvia.” “My, that’s a wonderful outfit you’re wearing.” “Outfit? You […]
The Waiting Room
Waiting always waiting We were a bit of a fraud because we weren’t really waiting. It was a strange room in a lot of ways but getting to it was even stranger. There were two wide double doors that led from the pavement to the Ticket Hall. Once through these you went to the left […]
ThoughtTree Workshop (actual notes) FREE WRITING
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Writing Prompts
She said to call her any time Something overheard Only here, only now […]
Writing Landscape Poetry
WRITING LANDSCAPE POETRY All of us inhabit two worlds: the inner landscape of thoughts teeming with dreams, aspirations and fears; and the outer landscape dominated by mountains, valleys, rivers, sea or urban conurbations. As poets it is easy to concentrate on the inner person and produce only ‘confessional’ style poems about how we feel. There […]
The Fly
The Fly by Katherine Mansfield KM lived from 1888 to 1923. This story first appeared in 1922, at a time when she was trying desperately to find a cure for the tuberculosis first confirmed in 1917. Her much loved brother died in action in 1915 and she knew many others who were killed in the […]
