Anna Ciddor: From fact to fiction

Other sessions:

• Online Adventure

  This entertaining, interactive session is as close as possible to a live event with plenty of opportunities for questions and answers. I use PowerPoint to provide lots of show and tell, and spice up the presentation with bloopers and fun quizzes.   Topics covered: the making of THE BOY WHO STEPPED THROUGH TIME (or an […]

• The dreaded ‘p’ word (planning)

  Anna was thrilled when she came up with a gripping time-change plot for her newest novel, but she relied on tight and detailed planning to make it work. This fun-filled, interactive presentation reveals how The Boy Who Stepped Through Time was created, emphasizing the research, planning and drafting process that went into it.  

• Bloopers and secrets

  Using photographs, writing drafts, illustrating drafts and finished artwork, Anna Ciddor takes her audience on the journey from the first seed of an idea to the finished book. Bloopers and secrets are revealed along the way!

• Bring scenes to life like a professional

  This is a fun, practical and inspiring creative writing workshop. Students will be led in an easy exercise that approaches the creative writing process from an unusual angle – a process that teachers can replicate in their classrooms.