Every year Wigtown Book Festival holds school events during the week. This year was no different with all the local schools bussing in hundreds of pupils to take part in all sorts of events.
I was lucky enough to be offered a place on a very popular writer’s workshop run by: Maggi Gibson, Alan Durant and Hugh Bryden.
We were given the following choices of workshop: comedy, storytelling, poetry, creative writing and bookmaking. Each of the authors stood up and told us all what their workshop would be about. I choose creative writing with Maggi Gibson (author of Seriously Sassy).
Over the next few hours we learnt how to create characters by picturing them in our heads, imagining a whole life for them including tiny details like: their favourite food, the names of their best friends, if they had any brothers and sisters, favourite hobbies, favourite colour, favourite animal, what they liked to wear and even things that they hated.
I really enjoyed brainstorming every single detail about my new character, which by now, was becoming almost real – I even had a name for her and knew what challenges she was going to face in the book. By doing this simple exercise the whole book was almost written for me.
I hope that something similar happens next year for the first years. I’m sure they will enjoy it as much as we did.
Hiya Zoe
I would like to recommend :
Born to Run by Michael Morpurgo
It’s the best book I have EVER read
Luv u lots
Rose
XxX
Zoe – what a fabulous blog. I have enjoyed reading it especially the interview with Cathy Cassidy. My daughter is reading Angel Cake at the moment!
hi Zoe – its me rachel d i love your website it is really cool and awesome (love it) have you read Michael Morpurgo’s book born to run it is amazing my favorite book love it i know you like Michael Morpurgo to i am reading scarlet by Cathy Cassidy it is 1 of my favorite books by her do you like it as well by the way Zoe who is your favorite author
bye bye
rachel xx
i found out about this blog on cathy cassidy’s website and I LUV IT!!! its a great blog and i think youd be great at writing books.
luv u lots,
joy XxX
Hey Rachel!
I’m very pleased you like the blog! 🙂
Yes, I have read Born to Run, it is also one of my favourites – But then I have a lot!
Scarlet is an wicked book, I hope you enjoy it!
My favourite Author – Hmmm…That is a tricky question – I really don’t know. Each author I like deals with completly different stories as they are completly different people – To be honest, it depends what mood I am in! 🙂
Thanks for coming,
Zoë xoxo
Hello Jane,
Thank you.
I’m sure your daughter will enjoy Angel Cake – Has she read Ginger Snaps or Lucky Star?
Thank you very much for visiting,
Zoë xoxo
Hey Rose!
Yeah, so do I – 🙂 lol
It’s one of my many favourites!
Zoë xoxo