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Writing In The Community

Writing In The Community

...as being rooted in the community. This new commission has encouraged me to think about my own responsibilities as a writer and to consider why community engagement is an often-ignored...
Three Hands Clapping

Three Hands Clapping

...have been commissioned by a theatre interested in exploring a particular theme, or a playwright might have submitted it on spec and found a creative connection with an artistic director....
Inspiration By Invitation

Inspiration By Invitation

...Cup teams, and invited to write a fixed-length poem inspired by each country. It was tremendous fun to discover the right ‘seed for each poem from something in the country’s...
Unseen But Not Unsung

Unseen But Not Unsung

...libretto Good Angel, Bad Angel, based on Robert Louis Stevenson’s short story ‘Markheim’, had reached the fiddly back-and-forth-to-the-composer stage. Having worked with composer Lyell Cresswell on other operas since then,...

Bridge

...or work. Conceived by Consultant Fellow Katie Grant, and developed and funded by the RLF, the workshops are run by experienced professional writers who have worked with students in universities...
Typeface

Typeface

...My computer needed updating. There were viruses, security issues, lost floppy disks, corrupted data and frazzled hard drives. And with all this, computers’ time-saving benefits and convenience became diluted as...
The Heroine’s Journey

The Heroine’s Journey

...the contemporary equivalent of viral. It started being faxed all over town. One thing I like about the hero’s journey as against dramatic schema focused on acts, or building towards...

Should I always use a computer?

...make corrections.” “I’ve just read an obituary of Neil Postman, an American academic who wrote twenty books and over 200 articles. Apparently Postman never owned a computer. He didn’t even...
What Makes Superheroes So Special?

What Makes Superheroes So Special?

...of a strong narrative, combined with an emotional roller-coaster, interspersed with regular cliffhangers, and then they added super powers. For my teenage self, it was an irresistible combination. There was...
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