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Writers
in Schools
Workshops
Available from Storyteller & Writer, David James:
Upper
Key Stage 2 / Key Stage 3:
Pictures and Hooks:
An introductory workshop to the art of ‘Creative Writing’.
This course will take students on a journey from how they
think to how to think like a writer. It will cover visualisation, character
development and setting. The course uses the techniques of ‘hooking’ on the
known to explore the unknown. Each participant should end the day with a piece
of poetic prose.
Story Frames and Story Games:
From the structure behind folk tales and legends to the
recipe of Hollywood movie – from individual word play to story circles – a
set of workshop devices that will give students a toolbox to help them put
structure and narrative form into their creative writing.
Yeah, write!
“Me – a writer! Nothing ever happens to me –
I’ve got nothing to say.”
A sharing of a range of experience – real and vicarious – that encourages new and original writing.
(Particularly useful for reluctant readers / writers. The
use of a computer suite and recording equipment is essential to take away the
problems of transcription)
Collaborative writing:
An introduction to the technique of writing together.
Simple exercises become progressively more difficult as
groups of students are taken on a journey to become a scriptwriter’s
conference team!
Starting Points & Block Breakers:
Never be short of ideas again! Techniques to train your
brain into writing.
Story Maps & Plot Pla
Shaping up your plot – from linear story to parallel; from flashback to cyclic – how to adjust the shape of your storyline.
This session will examine various story shapes and form;
the advantages and pitfalls of shape shifting and how to adjust the shape to fit
the market.
The Art & Graft of Writing:
From thought to page; from idea to agent; from concept to
bookstore. The process of ‘real’ writing – getting your name on the spine!
Write Here, Write Now:
Real life story lines – particularly suitable for reluctant readers and writers. An examination of the concerns and culture of today’s young people that leads them to express themselves in writing.
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