Tristan March 23, 2013 Multiplatform StoryWorlds I recently attended a talk with Mike Jones, screenmedia writer and producer. It was the best transmedia / multiplatform / digital possibilities seminar I have attended … View Post
Tristan March 11, 2013 Read Across the Universe This year’s Children’s Book Week theme is ‘Read Across the Universe’. It’s great encouragement for all of us to read broadly … View Post
Tristan February 27, 2013 ‘I Remember’ Story Starter ‘Where do you get your ideas?’ That’s what kids always ask. I believe that the best place to search for story ideas is … View Post
Tristan February 24, 2013 The Creative Process ‘The more scared we are of a work or calling, the more sure we can be that we have to do it… So if … View Post
Tristan February 18, 2013 The War of Art I am reading The War of Art at the moment and I have had a realisation. The opening of the book talks about ‘Resistance’. … View Post
Tristan February 11, 2013 Story Safari I accomplish more in a day writing on the beach and walking the cliff trails than I ever do at a desk. And I … View Post
Tristan February 7, 2013 Storystarters – Just a Dog Inspired by our recent reading of Michael Gerard Bauer’s brilliant novel Just a Dog, I have been working with my sons on our … View Post
Tristan December 17, 2012 Summer Reading Club – State Library of Queensland I’m Untangling Creativity this summer over at the State Library of Queensland’s Summer Reading Club blog. I’m sharing lots of tips … View Post
Tristan December 14, 2012 The Writer’s Notebook #4: Relaxation the Key to Creativity ‘On the dragon there are many scales. Everyone of them says ‘Thou Shalt.’ Kill the dragon ‘Thou Shalt’. When one has killed that dragon, … View Post