30 November -0001
New Year. New Term. New Focus!
Why Write?!
At the start of every term, and for every new writer that wins us along the way I always have a simple form to complete, it asks questions about writing, and wellbeing. It also asks what you'd like to get out of the group... here's a little selection that I think really respond to ideas around 'why we write', and absolutely reflect the many reasons people join a creative group for both artistic and wellbeing outcomes.
- to get out of the house and stop isolating
- keep my pen hand moving
- to learn
- To meet new people and grow as a person
- writing for recovery, and pleasure
- discover where I can go with my poetry
- to write something I can be proud of
- to get a certificate when I finish
- to see how creative I truly am
- to build confidence and social skills
- to stay committed to something
Archive
Storytelling and Escalation or Rising Action
Junior Writers Club Acrostic Poem
Notes on Intention for MAST Collective - Year 3 - Facilitation Focus
Earthquakes & Dominoes - MAST Collective Blog #4
SUPER MARIO AND POP CULTURE POEMS
Receptionists & Inky Voids - MAST Collective Blog #3
Saying No and saying YES on National Poetry Day!
There's a Dragon in the Wardrobe...
House Warming Party (The Mortifying Ordeal of Being Known) - MAST Collective Blog #2
Intern Blog 5 - The Publishing Process
POEMS TO SOLVE THE CLIMATE CRISIS
On The Streets With Theresa Lola
Intern Blog 4 - The Internship Journey
NEW DIRECTIONS, STARTING SMALL - THE ORWELL YOUTH PRIZE
LIGHTHOUSES, HOPE AND METAPHORS
on workshop and transformations: frogs, lions, and the duck that becomes a larder...
Poetry Ambassadors - Interview with April Egan
Intern Blog 1 - Finding a Voice
World Poetry Day: Fluffypunk and the Invisible Women
On Being a Writer: A Conversation by Beth Phillips & Sam Morton
Poetry Ambassadors - Interview with Kaycee Hill
UNHEARD VOICES: INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY, AND STORIES OF CONFLICT
