28 September 2019
Posted by Susmita Bhattacharya
Make Your Wishes Come True!
Attending:
Group 1 – 11
Group2 - 10
It was wonderful to return to the Mayflower Theatre on Saturday and welcome a new term of writing workshops for the Mayflower Young Writers. It was great to see new faces, and our older members. Everyone made friends very quickly, which I think is a strong feature of the Mayflower Young Writers. The group is warm and very supportive of each other, and we love to have a laugh.
One of the things we introduced for this year is the Wish Box. As this is a young writers’ group, it is important for the young people to have a voice on what they’d like to learn, what activities they’d like to do. This box will be present during all our workshops, and everyone will be encouraged to add a suggestion, a prompt, an activity or even feedback on how the session was run.
Everyone contributed to designing and decorating the box with both groups adding their distinctive styles to it, can you tell which side is designed by which group?
We also did a bit of introspection on who we are and what we like to do. After thinking about the things that define us, what interests we have, our likes and dislikes, we created a playlist to reflect our personalities. It was great fun discovering who liked which band, and which songs featured in their playlists. Queen featured a lot, and almost everyone in the second group mentioned Living on a Prayer by Jon Bon Jovi! We compiled a Mayflower Young Writers’ playlist, which is very eclectic, I must say! And I have a feeling that we will be listening to these songs A LOT this term!
We have put together an exciting programme for the year, and will be kicking off with the MayflowerFolk, SouthamptonStories project, which is a collaboration between writers/artists, Nazneen Ahmed and yours truly, Susmita Bhattacharya. You can find out more about the project here.
We will be writing stories and doing artwork which will be featured in the MayflowerFolk anthology that will be launched on 30th November, 2019.
Really looking forward to next Saturday! Until then, keep writing!
Our glammed-up wish box
Archive
Junior & Young Writers Week 3: Return From The Magical World
Junior & Young Writers Week 2: African Mythology
Problems, Problems, Problems...
Cautionary Tales & Christmassy Opening Lines
You've Gotta Have Pace, Pace, Pace
Junior & Young Writers Week 1: Alien Encounters
Junior & Young Writers: Week 5 - Play on Words Pt. 2
Junior & Young Writers: Week 11 - end of term showcase [build a bard workshop]
Junior & Young Writers: Week 10 - Greek Theatre - chorus stories
Junior & Young Writers: Week 9 - Greek Origin Stories - Spring
Rubber Ducks & Writing Festivals
Junior & Young Writers: Week 7 - Greek Hero Stories [the 12 labours of Hercules]
Junior & Young Writers: Week 12 [Wild Words] - Stuff & Things
Junior & Young Writers: Week 11 [Wild Words] - World Building 2
Junior & Young Writers: Week 10 [Wild Words] - World Building
Junior & Young Writers: Week 9 [Wild Words] - Mystery & Choose Your Own Adventure
Junior & Young Writers: Week 8 [Wild Words] - Spooky Sequels & Potion Poems
Junior & Young Writers – Week 10 (Writers’ Inspiration) – Final Showcase
Junior & Young Writers – Week 9 (Writers’ Inspiration) – Editing & Performance Tips
Junior & Young Writers – Week 8 (Writers’ Inspiration) – Cuteness
Time goes on by Tavinder Kaur New
Junior & Young Writers – Week 7 (Writers’ Inspiration) – Natural Solutions
Junior & Young Writers – Week 6 (Writers’ Inspiration) – The Language of Fruit and Veg
Junior & Young Writers – Week 5 (Writers’ Inspiration) – Adventures In Space
Tinklebobs and Bedraggled Angles
Junior & Young Writers – Week 4 (Writers’ Inspiration) – Our Environment
Fortune Tellers & Future Letters
Junior & Young Writers – Week 3 (Writers’ Inspiration) – Home
Young Writers - Week 10 (The Art of Writing) – Final Week Showcase
Junior Writers - Week 10 (The Art of Writing) – Final Week Showcase
Young Writers – Week 9 (The Art of Writing) – Choose Your Own Adventure
Junior Writers – Week 9 (The Art of Writing) – Choose Your Own Adventure
Young Writers – Week 8 (The Art of Writing) – Sequel Stories
Junior Writers – Week 8 (The Art of Writing) – Sequel Stories
Young Writers – Week 7 (The Art of Writing) – Picture Prompts
Junior Writers – Week 7 (The Art of Writing) – Picture Prompts
Young Writers - Week 6 (The Art of Writing) - Script-writing & Dialogue
Junior Writers - Week 6 (The Art of Writing) - Script-writing & Dialogue
Junior Writers – Week 5 (The Art of Writing) – Poetry
Young Writers - Week 5 (The Art of Writing) - Poetry Potions
Edward The Martyr - A Competition!
Mood Boards and Postcards from Space
Young Writers - Week 3 (The Art of Writing) - PLOT
Junior Writers - Week 3 (The Art of Writing) - PLOT
Moomin Stories and Hollywood Pitches
Young Writers - Week 2 (The Art of Writing) - Genre & Setting
Junior Writers - Week 2 (The Art of Writing) - Genre & Setting
Prompts, Dialogues, and Cliché
Story Structure Part One: Exposition and Beyond...
Young Writers - Week 1 (The Art of Writing) - Character
Young Writers - week 4 - Nature Writing [animals & wildlife]
Junior Writers - week 4 - Nature Writing [animals & wildlife]
Young Writers - week 3 - Nature Writing [trees/plants/flowers]
Junior Writers - week 3 - Nature Writing [trees/plants/flowers]
Young Writers - week 2 - 'fractured fairy tales'
Junior Writers - week 2 - 'fractured fairy tales'
