Tag: Displacement Activity
Walking – How to unblock a plot
Whenever I do my mindmapping/plotting and planning sessions at schools, I always reach a point where I have to admit that the plot is really a bit rubbish. But, I explain, If I’d been doing it on my own at home, I’d be fairly pleased with what I’d done so far. (Only examiners could expect…
Cold, wet, rainy, damp – blurgh!
It’s always the same after I’ve done a major splurge of School and Library visiting. I get back home with the best intentions of getting on with some writing or illustrating. But I seem to spend two or three days being unable to do anything creative. There is all the business to sort out –…
Peace and Quiet
The Tree Surgeon is right outside my studio door. His chainsaw is screaming as it slices through the remains of my old Silver Birch. And I realise that I’ve just done a good chunk of writing. Having found a million other reasons not to get down and write in the past few days, the first…