"Hi Dave - great idea and I'd be happy to join in with the occasional prompt. Looking forwrad to seeing what these imaginative contributors make of all our opening paragraphs and poetry stanzas! What a great event this is. Jane…"
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Jane Prowse Oct 3, 2012. 6 Replies 0 Likes
As one of the contributing writers this year, I have really enjoyed watching what happens to my opener as well as keeping a track of the other developing stories. I'm also looking forward to seeing…Continue
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Dave Cryer commented on WP Central's blog post 10/10/2011 Dave Cryer http://www.davecryer.co.uk/
"Excellent. A real flight of the imagination. I liked the way that not only were the characters and their personalities picked up and carried on by you young writers, but also the style of writing was echoed too. There is some quite brilliant use of…"
Dave Cryer commented on WP Central's blog post 13/10/2011 Poem 5 Dave Cryer http://www.davecryer.co.uk/
"Lovely writing everyone - the images are really strong and there is some great use of personification to bring nature alive. My favourite line has to be Joe's ' like a breath exiled from the earth' - briliant!"
Dave Cryer commented on WP Central's blog post 13/10/2011 Poem 1 Dave Cryer http://www.davecryer.co.uk/
"The adults didn't come out of this game too well - actually, you all turned it into a kind of war where we wise, good-looking ones got battered to pieces basically! Well done everyone - enjoyed reading this, plus I liked the idea that the teens…"
Dave Cryer commented on WP Central's blog post 17/10/2011 Dave Cryer http://www.davecryer.co.uk/
"Brilliant. Well done to all of you on all of this. Some high action, real tension, great descriptions and sharp dialogue - a very pacy continuation for Sime. At the end I thought he was done for, but when his soul came back for revenge, that was a…"
Dave Cryer commented on WP Central's blog post 06/10/2011 Poem 2 Dave Cryer The Ballad of Daisy Dean http://www.davecryer.co.uk/
"Wow - I'm amazed at what you've all added to my starter - some excellent rhyming and careful syllable counting to make the rhythm work. Well done everyone - a nice way to start my Sunday after a very busy week of workshops around the…"
Lynne Coppendale replied to Dave Cryer's discussion Ongoing Writing Prompts
"Fabulous idea, we already use Dave's 'Class of Dave' prompts and ideas in our creative writing groups, but interest from other authors too would certainly boost our aspiring authors... Good idea Dave :)"
Dave Cryer commented on WP Central's blog post 8th October - Dave Cryer poem 1
"Absolutely brilliant! So many fantastic and deeply emotional lines. Incredible. Reading all this fabulous work has made a brilliant end to what had already been a pretty good day! Thanks, everyone."
Dave Cryer commented on WP Central's blog post 8th October - Dave Cryer poem 2
"I love what you've all done this one, taking the poem right through the seasons and giving that sad house a happy ending. I wondered which way it would go when I set this one. Lovely work!"
Dave Cryer commented on WP Central's blog post 8th October - Dave Cryer poem 3
"This is so good, seeing how it all develops from school to school, the way the narrative switches and picks up new bits of mystery which others carry on. I like the way that it changes focus to Billy's voice too. I was running poetry workshops…"
Dave Cryer commented on WP Central's blog post 8th October - Dave Cryer poem 4
"Wow! I'm so impressed with what you all came up with - deeply thoughtful and some very fine word choices. Well done everyone."
Nikki Heath replied to Dave Cryer's discussion Ongoing Writing Prompts
"Hi, Dave! Our students loved adding to your poetry starters this morning! I also liked how you used different types of poems, which at first I thought they might struggle with. However, you left such clear instructions and thinking points for them…"
Marie Evans replied to Dave Cryer's discussion Ongoing Writing Prompts
"This is a brilliant idea we had already discussed doing it in house during our lterary festival but this would be even better. Thanks Dave."
Caroline Roche replied to Dave Cryer's discussion Ongoing Writing Prompts
"Sounds good to me! You could have one story/poem starter a month, so that schools can pick it up whenever it is convenient to them."
WP Central replied to Dave Cryer's discussion Ongoing Writing Prompts
"This is a fantastic idea Dave, thanks! well worth pursuing ;0)"
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A little bit about me ...
I taught English and Drama for 16 years, but for the past 6 years have been working freelance, running workshops in schools right across the UK to promote reading and writing for pleasure. I was really pleased when invited to be a contributing writer on Write Path 2010.
For librarians and teachers, I run workshops which explore fiction using drama activity - the pupils are encouraged to actively explore the openings of books, getting hooked on characters, plots or themes. I've worked with small groups of 4 and massive groups of 100+. Alternatively, I work on short story or poetry writing with smaller groups of up to 20.
For pupils, I run Class of Dave from my website, which is a free weekly writing challenge to win regular prizes for yourself and your school.
For myself, I am constantly working at my own writing. My latest successes are: a play called The Lock, written for London-based ReSister Theatre Company and some teaching materials for the Driver Dan website ( a Ceebeebies character ).
You can find out more about me at www.davecryer.co.uk
For librarians and teachers, I run workshops which explore fiction using drama activity - the pupils are encouraged to actively explore the openings of books, getting hooked on characters, plots or themes. I've worked with small groups of 4 and massive groups of 100+. Alternatively, I work on short story or poetry writing with smaller groups of up to 20.
For pupils, I run Class of Dave from my website, which is a free weekly writing challenge to win regular prizes for yourself and your school.
For myself, I am constantly working at my own writing. My latest successes are: a play called The Lock, written for London-based ReSister Theatre Company and some teaching materials for the Driver Dan website ( a Ceebeebies character ).
You can find out more about me at www.davecryer.co.uk
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