It’s that time of year when I’m on the road talking books and creativity with kids and teens, hopefully inspiring them to read and to make their own stuff. Here’s a collection of pics from recent talks and workshops with stories being created using sand, clay, Story Scrapbook app and even pen and paper.
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Sharing my failed teen horror movie project, Within the Woods. |
Pics from Bardon Young Writers Week – an intensive week of creativity with 30+ talented young writers:
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Some cool |
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One of the coolest things I’ve seen created with our Story Scrapbook app. |
A Story Safari pic, using sandplay for inspiration…
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Sandplay |
Queensland Writers Centre Workshops at State Library of QLD were lots of fun…
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QLD Museum for inspiration… |
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Testing out my new short story, Freak, on a group of year 8 students. |
I managed to sneak into James Foley’s brilliant character creation talk at the CYA (Children’s and Young Adult) Conference:
And I made this… (Might need a little more work):
Story Scrapbook transmedia brainstorming workshop…
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Story Scrapbook brainstorm about a radioactive cat. |
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And another called Fear of Moose (the name of my band if I ever start one). |
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Students busy creating on our Story Scrapbook app. |