Tag: writing

  • Cefn Primary School -Pontypridd

    I had a great day at Cefn Primary School today. I’m there as part of the RAISE project, improving writing skills though oracy. I’m staying the whole week here visiting a different school each day. In all, I’m visiting 17 schools in Rhondda, Cynon, Taf. Where am I? I’m staying just outside Aberdere, which is…

  • 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…

  • Always think about the Reader – Writing School

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qOjk9xEegU It’s easy to get caught up in one’s art – beautiful prose, wonderful ideas – and forget all about the reader. There is no point writing, unless someone is going to read it. They are not going to read it if you don’t write what you really mean to say.