The Sky’s the Limit in Creative Writing
Using writing strategies that are important elements in my writer’s toolbox, my senior English Advanced class engaged with a popular text from the ‘Changing’ stimulus (HSC 2001 and 2002). In […]
Using writing strategies that are important elements in my writer’s toolbox, my senior English Advanced class engaged with a popular text from the ‘Changing’ stimulus (HSC 2001 and 2002). In […]
In preparing my return to work this year, I decided to begin with the NESA sample unit for the Common Module: Reading to Write – Transition to Senior English with […]
On those quiet days of not really writing, I’ve found it useful to go back through journals and notes. This is a random process where I choose a journal – […]
‘A paragraph is supposed to fence off wandering thoughts.’ p. 34, Eucalyptus, Murray Bail, 1998. So ends chapter three, and an interesting analogy between paddocks and paragraphs. This came to […]
Clearly, writing and editing are not separate aspects of writing as process, even if it appears that way when teaching students about writing. Indeed, as mentioned in my previous post, […]
Two drafts of Woven down and it seemed right to begin a third draft for editing: start at the beginning and tidy up notes added after my online workshopping class, add more […]
When I began writing my novel in earnest at the beginning of the year, I had planned some of my research as leisurely visits to quiet reading rooms at libraries […]
The winter solstice (in the southern hemisphere) seems the right time to reflect on my writing journey for the first half of 2020. As well as being the shortest day, […]
My final review, according to the rules, does not signal that the challenge is over: there are still many books to read this year. While writing a cooking scene for […]
In this workshop, we will explore a range of writing activities designed to be adapted for the classroom. Taking Calvino’s If on a Winter’s Night a Traveller as inspiration, we […]