Creative Writing

With more and more students required to produce various forms of Creative Writing, these hands-on writing workshops tackle fundamental skills required to differentiate creative writing from other forms, such as expository.

Armed with years of teaching experience at all levels of Secondary education, Archie approaches these workshops with a mind to empower students to use practical skills for producing creative writing that can range from short stories to poems, scripts and lyrics.

Topics:

• Editing – the dangers of overblown writing
• Character creation and development
• The Set Up – How to launch the story with a hook
• The Short Story – from form to idea to publication
• Pace and Action in writing – getting the words to do the work
• Overcoming the Blank Page – Get writing NOW!
• Plot & Description – Why they’re not the same thing