I have had a very exciting email from the Senior Editor at Croydon Advertiser. He contacted me personally and proposed a brand new weekly column in the Advertiser to showcase the work of your talented scribblers! Not only is this a fantabulous opportunity for the Young Writers to regularly see their work in print, it is a great way to strengthen the group's reputation.
He and I will be discussing ways to take this forward over the next few days and, once we have crossed all the t's and dotted all the i's, I'll come back to you with an update. In the meantime I just want to say a big Well Done to everybody. I'll keep you posted.
Sunday 25 November 2012
Wednesday 21 November 2012
Session 11 Update
Thank you to everyone who showed up to today's session- and a big welcome to our two visitors who came along to watch and get a taste of things. Although the young writers seemed somewhat quieter than usual, it was still heartening to see them scribbling away, exchanging ideas and actually coming up with some very original takes on the theme of Christmas. The assignment set was for them to either write a brand new Christmas piece, or to redraft what they came up with today. It can be a story, poem, new words to an old carol - or even a panto scene - it is entirely up to them as long as they stick to the theme. I very much look forward to seeing their work.
I had a chat with Amanda today and we have agreed that, in order for the exhibition to achieve the maximum success, it would be better to plan it for some time in the new year, rather than just dashing it off and hoping for the best. This not only gives me more time to concentrate on getting the booklet finished, but also to deal with the entries of a story competition I have been commissioned to judge. And it means we will be able to make quite an event of it, with a bit of pomp and circumstance. Your kids deserve it after all the hard work they have put in since we started up earlier this year. As far as the booklet itself is concerned - I have almost finished arranging it. It has a title - "Word-Magic" - and the only other thing I need to find is a local charitable cause that would benefit from sales. Watch this space.
The next session will be on 5th December and I will be awarding all the due certificates on that day, plus there will be a Christmas Tea on 19th, so lots to look forward to.
Finally, it is with relief that I can confirm that we will be able to continue meeting after New Year and, with this in mind, I am now looking at ways of revising the Certificate trail and coming up with the next project after our exhibition. As usual please feel free to call me, text me, email me or make a comment on this blog as I am always keen to hear from you all.
Good Writing everyone!
I had a chat with Amanda today and we have agreed that, in order for the exhibition to achieve the maximum success, it would be better to plan it for some time in the new year, rather than just dashing it off and hoping for the best. This not only gives me more time to concentrate on getting the booklet finished, but also to deal with the entries of a story competition I have been commissioned to judge. And it means we will be able to make quite an event of it, with a bit of pomp and circumstance. Your kids deserve it after all the hard work they have put in since we started up earlier this year. As far as the booklet itself is concerned - I have almost finished arranging it. It has a title - "Word-Magic" - and the only other thing I need to find is a local charitable cause that would benefit from sales. Watch this space.
The next session will be on 5th December and I will be awarding all the due certificates on that day, plus there will be a Christmas Tea on 19th, so lots to look forward to.
Finally, it is with relief that I can confirm that we will be able to continue meeting after New Year and, with this in mind, I am now looking at ways of revising the Certificate trail and coming up with the next project after our exhibition. As usual please feel free to call me, text me, email me or make a comment on this blog as I am always keen to hear from you all.
Good Writing everyone!
Monday 5 November 2012
Happy Halloween - Session 10 Update
Once again I apologise for keeping you all waiting. When I left last week's session, I really did plan to get to the laptop within a day or two, but, as usual, life got in the way and it has taken me almost a week. I really am sorry - but thank you whole-heartedly for trying again because this time - heigh-ho - here I actually am!
We had a great session last week. I think the young writers were already really fired up because of halloween and the iminent trick-or-treating session scheduled to begin straight after, but even that excitement did not stop them getting stuck in. And - how pleased am I - another two new members! That makes around six Newbies in the space of three sessions. Thank you very much for fetching them in, dad; I hope we'll see you all again next time.
I have to say, mums and dads, your talented scribes have not made it easy for me to pick the contents for the booklet and exhibition! I have got so much material to choose from that it is going to prove nigh on impossible for me to feature all of it. What I have been doing the last couple of evenings, is reading, re-reading and then re-reading again so that only the very best stuff actually appears in the book - and whatever is left over will definitely appear at the exhibition. The draft copy is slowly coming together and I will do a bit more shortly. Once I know what is actually going in and where, I will then start to Laptop it. I want to get the completed book over to the printer within three weeks max so I have got my work cut out.
The next session is on Wednesday 21st November by which time I should be able to provide another update on the book's progress.
I hope everyone had a great Halloween.
Good writing, everyone.
We had a great session last week. I think the young writers were already really fired up because of halloween and the iminent trick-or-treating session scheduled to begin straight after, but even that excitement did not stop them getting stuck in. And - how pleased am I - another two new members! That makes around six Newbies in the space of three sessions. Thank you very much for fetching them in, dad; I hope we'll see you all again next time.
I have to say, mums and dads, your talented scribes have not made it easy for me to pick the contents for the booklet and exhibition! I have got so much material to choose from that it is going to prove nigh on impossible for me to feature all of it. What I have been doing the last couple of evenings, is reading, re-reading and then re-reading again so that only the very best stuff actually appears in the book - and whatever is left over will definitely appear at the exhibition. The draft copy is slowly coming together and I will do a bit more shortly. Once I know what is actually going in and where, I will then start to Laptop it. I want to get the completed book over to the printer within three weeks max so I have got my work cut out.
The next session is on Wednesday 21st November by which time I should be able to provide another update on the book's progress.
I hope everyone had a great Halloween.
Good writing, everyone.
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