Jackanory
I’ll tell you a story About Jack a Nory; And now my story’s begun… As a girl I loved Jackanory* The storytellers held me enthralled. These days my children are just as entranced. Storytellers, and the...
View Article10 Things Children Don’t Say to Writers
This is us watching you write. We can only see the back of your head. I was just reading Alison Wells’ post about self-confidence/self-doubt where she makes the point that her children accepted the...
View ArticleLayers not Lines
I’ve been trying to explain how I write – without formalising a plot (I think this makes me what is called a Pantser) – to writers who are more used to devising their plot before they start (Plotters)....
View ArticleJust like a movie
Something that struck me this week, watching the response to the disastrous weather in the USA, was how the phrase “Just like a movie” was used again and again. It’s the same reaction we heard from...
View ArticleHow Stories are Made
I was surprised to discover this week that my eight year-old daughter is learning ‘Five-part Story Structure’ as part of her school curriculum. It’s not something I ever learned at school, and in fact...
View ArticleUnplugged
We plug things in to give them energy...but most of us have noticed that being 'plugged in' ourselves actually saps our energy.
View ArticleTruths and Lies
At every age, the stories we tell our children inform their view on the world. And here is where the danger lies.
View ArticleThe Naming of Parts – Language for Language’s Sake
*Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar. Whenever I see this abbreviation I want to add 'Bol.'...
View ArticleWe’re all antagonists now.
Are we all antagonists now, in someone else's narrative? We don't have to be.
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