Are you writing in your journal? How is it going? Are you writing even though you don’t feel like it? Sometimes you just need a way to break into the blank page. Some teachers I know have a collection of sentence starters which children can use to set their writing going. Sometimes it really is … Continue reading I wonder …
Just at the moment, we are not able to meet many people, to sit around and chat, to share stories, to imagine things together. There are probably people who you are missing. They will be missing you. You may also know of people who live alone and never see anyone, from one day to the … Continue reading A Kindness of Words
The poet, Alice Oswald, often places walking at the centre of her writing. She walks the distance of the rivers she has written about – the Rover Dart, the Severn – and she walks in the lanes around her Devon home. Last week, when asked what she had been doing during this time of enforced isolation, … Continue reading Magnifying glass
Walking plays an important part in my writing life. I often draft poems and stories in my head as I am walking. There is something about the rhythm of feet on the earth and eyes looking at the passing scenes that really is helpful. So you could just go for a walk and see what … Continue reading Walk for Writing
Keeping a record of what we see around us needs only a few minutes each day. When you look back you can remember all the things that you have learned about the plants and creatures that surround us. In the late eighteenth century Gilbert White kept a Naturalist’s Journal and we can still learn from … Continue reading Timothy the Tortoise
Sit and be quiet for a while, or walk in the garden. What do you hear? I heard the wind blowing around my head and catching the pages of my book with a flick. A cock crows. A baby cries. A car hums by on rubber wheels. What thoughts come into your head? I think … Continue reading Quiet
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