In just a few weeks, yet another writing programme will come to an end! Yesterday was the third and last guest session of the season–a creative writing workshop with children’s […]
How to Tell a Story through a Diary
Playing with form is always fun! There are so many ways to tell a story–as a graphic novel (which was the topic of our previous workshop), in verse (like Uncontrollable), or as a set of letters, either in a diary or to a friend. I love epistolary novels, but writing a story in the form of letters is something I haven’t really dealt with at my writing programmes.
That’s why I decided to invite Sowmya Rajendran, author of the Mayil series to do a creative writing workshop with us on telling stories through a diary. How do we use diary entries to tell a story? There is a method to the randomness!
Mayil Will Not Be Quiet!
I woke up in the middle of the night, frowning. I had a bit of a story in my head, and I could not remember who had written it. It […]