Going Forward ...

Lovely to see another new member at last Saturday's Young Writer session.  This means we now have seven so things are definitely moving up and will hopefully continue to do so.  I have noticed how much more structured the sessions seem to be now they are being held at the library.  The children seem to work much better without any distractions - and - although we have done away with the We are the Young Writers, we love to write mantra that used to kick off the sessions in the group's  first incarnation - they do still seem to enjoy being part of a somewhat select little group and they listen intently to everything I say, which is very rewarding for me and means that they are getting something out of it as well.

The topic last week was Stories - how to get ideas for them and what to do with them.  The Assignment set was for them to take the notes they made at the session and develop a story with them, thinking about how to open it, ie with the traditional "Once upon a time ..." or description of some sort - ie "It was a dark winter's night and the moon was hiding behind a cloud..."  Because of  the close proximity of the next session (Saturday 12th to avoid clashing with Easter), I made it quite clear that I do not expect them to finish the assignment.  Whatever they bring in with them will still count towards the Certificate Trail so please don't feel you have to push them.  A week is not that long and I am sure the Easter Holidays are keeping them busy so I know they may not all have time.

For the remainder of April, we will be sticking with the theme of story writing.  This Saturday we will be looking at how to introduce characters and then, on the 26th, we will be looking at how to tie it all together and create a good ending.  I have told the Young Writers that the Library are keen for us to exhibit some of their work later in the year so I know they will do their very best - and at the end of the day, I can't ask for more than that.

Finally, I mentioned in the last Post that I may have to slightly alter the May dates so please bear in mind that we will not now have the session on 3rd May but we will have a session on 17th May.  I will confirm all the other dates with you as soon as I can, so watch this space.  I hope you will bear with me over this.  It is  largely due to the fact I had things booked from before group was re-launched last month, but the plan is to settle down to a steady two sessions a month (with the exception of August when there will only be one), I promise, and we will get there eventually.

Hope you all have a lovely week and see you Saturday.