Words on Paper

The second writing workshop took place on Thursday afternoon at the Studio.  We split up into pairs, an adult working with each child, and once again, the focus was on story writing.  We used two types of prompts, written and pictorial to weave stories:  during the first half of the session, we worked off written prompts such as 'You wake to find a dinosaur in the garden...' and 'Tell the story of a bat who couldn't fly', and after tea break Rachael passed out photographs from the book Street Photography Now, from which a variety of scenarios and stories could be constructed.  The results were wide ranging and wonderful -- from the Three-Headed Reptile that Stelios decided to 'deal with in the morning' to the bat who was cured by eating a 'special food of French pastry' to the scientist developing a non-burstable ball and the old lady who collapsed thanks to her allergy to cheese...

At the end of the session, anyone working on a summer project was invited to share their work, and Zenon read the prologue to his story, Demon Wars.

Everyone had a great time and is looking forward to next Thursday... and the apricot cake was a treat!