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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...
Haunted By Gesualdo

Haunted by Gesualdo

...faded. Complex legal contentions and scandals ensured that the title Prince of Venosa was lost and the family died out. As one contemporary chronicler of ‘the misfortunes that accrued to...
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?

...first draft by hand and then typed it into the machine later. What I remember most was one student who never used a computer because it interfered with his thinking.”...
What Makes Superheroes So Special?

What Makes Superheroes So Special?

...the universe, was surprised and unsettled by how much she enjoyed the surge of power she experienced after becoming Phoenix. The key thing about Claremont’s characters was not their strength,...
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