To re-launch the Moniack Mhor blog, we will be inviting visiting writers to contribute a story. Grace Cleary, who has visited us over sixteen times, starts us off. Lyndy, one of the lovely staff members at Moniack Mhor asked me, on my tenth visit in nine years, ‘have you not…
This week’s writing exercise is from the fantastic cabaret duo, Rally & Broad, who led performance poetry workshops for young writers in Wick and Merkinch this June. Writing exercise #2 – 50 Word Stories Create a story in fifty words. It can take prose or poetry form. As you write,…
This exercise is the first in a series sent each week to young writers in the Highlands & Islands. It is meant to provide inspiration for new work, even if they have very little time. Each exercise takes about ten minutes to complete, and can be used as a one-off…