by Kaiviren | May 4, 2023 | #WritersByNight
Chapter 11 The Digital Room Of Time!!! After a couple weeks of training Shantel took the boys to Cami. The boys said “Hello” to Cami. Cami replied “nice” to see you again. The teens said by to there mum before she left. Now the teens went back...
by RossYoung | Jun 17, 2021 | #WritersByNight, Poetry
Rub out mistakes. Burning hands to remove the stains. Keep thumbing, pressing, pushing. Screwing up your face. Through gritted teeth. Remove the evidence of last night’s sin.
by nicola | Jun 17, 2021 | #WritersByNight, Memoir
I raced along the corridor with straight legs, past the Whitcourt Farm display to the toilets. Mr Reedy had suggested an early lunch and whilst I was incredibly grateful to have been invited to back to Holbeach for the reading training, my bladder was bursting. I...
by nicola | Apr 7, 2021 | #WritersByNight, #WritingRocks
Felicity Ferguson and Ross Young from the Writing for Pleasure Centre are experts when it comes to teaching writing. Chapter One of their latest book, Writing for Pleasure: Theory, Research and Practice, is a neatly structured, meticulously researched summary of...
by nicola | Mar 25, 2021 | #WritersByNight, Memoir
I thought I’d be going over the park after lunch, you know the climbing frame, the roundabout and just hanging about with whoever was around. And then he asked me. My dad asked me if I wanted to go over to the park and ride my bike. With him! I felt so special that...
by Elena | Mar 21, 2021 | #WritersByNight, Poetry
We have been exploring the words and pictures of the book Rain Before Rainbows to help children represent the changes of feelings during lockdown through metaphors linked to nature. This was the model I shared and edited with the children. The children then drew their...