tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post5352165067705103400..comments2024-03-25T09:56:16.164+00:00Comments on An Awfully Big Blog Adventure: Making Inky Shapes on the Paper - Anna WilsonUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-62417200162676819102013-04-29T21:39:23.690+01:002013-04-29T21:39:23.690+01:00Dianne, how lovely that you are keeping them all! ...Dianne, how lovely that you are keeping them all! Your sons and their children will be so happy that you did. I always tell children to keep drawing - and not to let anyone tell them that they "can't draw" once they get to a certain age.A Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00988158597150297353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-50003516188204178312013-04-29T11:33:11.243+01:002013-04-29T11:33:11.243+01:00"stories that were initially told in picture ..."stories that were initially told in picture form" I love what you said there Anna because that's what all drawing is about in early childhood... telling a story. "This is me. And this is when I am in the world."<br /><br />I've kept all my sons' drawings and now I'm busy keeping all their children's drawings as well... no wonder I need that magnificent set of architect drawers I saw this week-end! Just a pity there's no space for it. Dianne Hofmeyrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18222157214605257030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-53230082670733918912013-04-29T11:28:04.124+01:002013-04-29T11:28:04.124+01:00Lovely post! I too identify with that sensation o...Lovely post! I too identify with that sensation of having always just 'been' a writer. I have a quote from Bruce Springsteen, scribbled down from a radio interview, where he describes his music - both playing and writing - like this: 'It's where I fit in, my connection to the world.' That said it for me.<br />My children suffer from the extensive planning of everything they write in school. They even have had to do it on a little form, filling in sections, ticking boxes before they are allowed to start writing. If planning is your natural method, then fine, but it irritates both of them no end! <br />Ideally, surely both styles - planned and inspirational - should be offered to the children so that they learn the freedom to find their own voice.Katenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-50686344815325099092013-04-29T10:05:08.324+01:002013-04-29T10:05:08.324+01:00Thank you for your comments, all! Elen - I think t...Thank you for your comments, all! Elen - I think that is a very interesting thought. I, too, was a planner in the days of writing things out longhand. I'm hopeless at planning now: I usually start a plan halfway through the writing process, once the characters have had some space to breathe, which infuriates my editor at times... Pippa - hilarious! I wonder what those examinees are doing now? Maybe some of them are splurging stories somewhere...A Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00988158597150297353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-18209729771855648092013-04-29T09:21:16.999+01:002013-04-29T09:21:16.999+01:00What lovely grandparents! If only more children h...What lovely grandparents! If only more children had that freedom to just 'do', with no sort of instruction. We always had a limitless supply of 'clean on one side paper' at home. It lived in a drawer in my father's desk. It wasn't until I was into teenage years that I had the nouce to look on the other side of that 'clean on one side' paper, and find frantic fountain pen written essays which were answers to degree exam questions. I'm sure that such use of such material wouldn't be allowed these days!Pippa Goodharthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17709422048047155208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-81001286271453415762013-04-29T08:34:17.578+01:002013-04-29T08:34:17.578+01:00I have a theory - I don't have proof - that ed...I have a theory - I don't have proof - that educationalist are teaching the way writing was done decades ago. When I wrote university essays, I planned meticulously, because I didn't want to hand-write it out more than twice. Now, I splurge words, because I have cut and paste. Maybe in another 20 years, teaching will catch up?Elen Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00445201005486291612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-64290722373970124152013-04-29T07:47:41.367+01:002013-04-29T07:47:41.367+01:00I think a lot of us will identify with this, Anna ...I think a lot of us will identify with this, Anna - just always having written stories, never deciding to 'become' a writer. I like the idea of the teacher telling you off for encouraging children just to write and worry about tidying it up later. What a shame the educators can't see that if successful professional practice and educational advice don't match up, perhaps the advice is not entirely right.Stroppy Authorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16560035800075465845noreply@blogger.com