What a character!

Wednesday 30^th April 2014, the second week of our holidays and we had both been selected to attend a writing workshop, at Birkenhead Library. We were really excited because we were going to meet and work with well-known authors. 

The two stunning ladies were Maria Gill and Victoria Azaro, we have many of their books in our class and in our school library.

The day was split in to two sessions. The first half of the day we got to work with Maria. She taught us how to introduce our writing to the reader and how to use good word selection to develop a characters personality, without needing illustrations.

We then had a break to have afternoon tea. After we were refreshed we quickly moved into our second session.

For the rest of the day we worked with Victoria. She taught us how to illustrate our writing. The main thing we worked on was expression. By changing a characters facial expression the reader can get a clear idea of how they are feeling.  This was Paris’ favourite part.

At the end of the workshop we were all presented with a certificate of participation, which we will keep and put in our High School applications.

The whole day was fantastic; we learnt so much that we were exhausted; on the drive home we both couldn’t resist closing our eyes.

We hope we get the opportunity to attend something like that again, as it has made our passion for writing even stronger.

Crafted by Paris & Grace

Maria, VIctoria, Grace and Paris