Living Life Twice

Here are some short Videos I have made in recent days to support the planning of teachers as school closures impact and educators search for new ways to support learning in home settings. Feel free to use them if they support your efforts to engage learners. Please let me know if there is anything you would like from me that could add to your efforts at this time.  A Poetry reading of the poem, ' Mad Hairy Hands ' from my latest book, 'What The Poemster Found.' https://www.facebook.com/livinglifetwice/videos/writers-share-a-home-poem-delivery-direct-from-my-latest-book-what-the-poemster-/2727767037346278/ An idea for writing in different places around the house. Let's begin by looking for inspiration in the kitchen. Food and fabulous words to inspire our writing. https://youtu.be/FCaC1DrVOLQ Using my Writer's Notebook to indulge in some important wordplay with proverbs. -Showing the inexperienced writers where inspiration might be found. ...

There is a saying, ' no struggle, no story,' so the characters that present in stories need a measure of conflict and tension to hold the reader's interest. As young writers grow in confidence and experience, this is a critical understanding they must develop. It can contribute greatly to the quality of the plot lines of the stories they write. A little bit of adversity, or experiencing a problem is important for our characters. It's good for them to wrestle with a conundrum... When characters encounter a problem or have to overcomes a hurdle, it increases their appeal to the reader. They become more relatable. More human. More fallable or imperfect. So when the writer creates a conflict for a character to grapple with, the writing is enhanced. The writer can make that conflict happen within a character- doubt, fear, shyness. It can also be between characters- disagreement, feud, need for revenge, a perceived slight.  Sometimes the story may involve a series of...

Sharing some verse for those of you in self isolation -and for those who enjoy a little bit of wordplay. One poem from each of my poetry anthologies. Hope you see what you like, and like what you see! #verseversusvirus #poetry #wordplay #poet #chookbook.