Writing
September 30, 2024
I recently had a friend tell me her son had created an imaginary world, but was worried about not being able to get his creative ideas out of his head. I love encouraging and supporting into young writers, so I’m developing a series of prompts to help him share the world he’s creating. Maybe these […]
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September 30, 2024
What do Jackie French, Dav Pilkey and Agatha Christie have in common? Yes, they are all well-established and popular writers. They also all have dyslexia. And they are featured in Brilliant Minds: 30 Dyslexic Heroes who Changed Our World, written by Shannon Meyerkort and illustrated by Amy Blackwell. Shannon initially wrote her book Brilliant Minds for […]
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September 2, 2024
I recently realised that ten years has passed since I published my first (very brief) blog post, here on Treefall Writing. Turns out that so much can change in 10 years, and so much can stay the same. This has prompted me to think about time in the context of memoir and family history. So, […]
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June 29, 2024
In his book The Novel Project, Graeme Simsion mentions the questionnaires we can find and fill out to get to know our characters – but he doesn’t use them. He says, “There are real people I’ve known for years whose star sign and preferred drink I wouldn’t be able to tell you. If a character […]
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June 4, 2024
The seasons can refer to the weather and the physical changes of our natural world, but we often use the word metaphorically to describe and explore various stages, moments and turning points of our lives. Katherine May, author of Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times says: Below are a number of […]
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June 3, 2024
After what has been a long dry summer in my part of the world, and a seemingly short warm autumn, we have been inundated with a deluge of rain as if Winter wanted us to sit up and take notice of her arrival. It has certainly made me think about the changing seasons, both physically […]
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