Category: Young Writers’ Programme
Writing Exercise #7: Postcard Poem
This week’s exercise is the second of our two-part exercise from Cynthia Rogerson, focused on developing a lively setting for your story. Grab your work from last week and settle in for another ten minutes with your pen and paper. If you didn’t get a chance to complete the exercise…
Writing Exercise #6 – Picture Your Place
Think of your favourite place in the world or a specific location in the world you have created for a story. Visualise it as if this location were to fit on the front of a postcard. In essence, take a snapshot in your mind of the place you would like…
Writing Exercise #5: Eight Line Poem
This week’s exercise takes us back to basics with poetry. It can be done in ten minutes and is easy enough for even the least poetic of us to complete. Thanks to the spectacular Rally & Broad for sharing this one with us. Create a poem of at least 8…
Writing Exercise #4 — Through Enemy Eyes
This week’s exercise comes from novelist and short story writer, Cynthia Rogerson, who is also our very own Programming Director. This will add depth to your characters, which will make your story more enticing to readers. Writing Exercise #4 – Through Enemy Eyes Write a paragraph or short story from…
Writing Exercise #3: Working with Writer’s Block
This week’s exercise comes from Scottish novelist Karen Campbell, who is a frequent tutor at Moniack. It is for those moments when you find yourself staring at a blank page, not knowing where to start. She explains, in her own words, how to work with this feeling to create something…
Writing exercise #2: 50 Word Story
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,…
Writing Exercise #1: Your Town
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…