Winner! Untangling Creativity #6
Congratulations!!!!! The winner of five of my books, signed, is… (and I found an actual hat and cut up pieces of paper for each person who left a comment on the blog over the summer and then drew the name from the hat)… Anakin Cooper! Well done. Thanks very much for your creative contributions to [...]
Read, Watch, Think, Create – Untangling Creativity #5
‘When I was a child, I would read absolutely anything.’ - J.K. Rowling Some people who want to write stories say that they don’t have time to read. And some people who want to make movies say they don’t watch many movies. Weird, right? If you want to do anything, you need to find out [...]
Untangling Creativity #4: Life is a Scavenger Hunt
One of the best books on writing and creativity is How to Be An Explorer of the World. The activities are action-packed and they inspire wild, imaginative ideas. Keri Smith, the author, believes that life is a scavenger hunt. So, let’s go hunting. activity #1 1. Gather 3 things you love from your bedroom (not the bookcase or [...]
Untangling Creativity #3: Story Safari
Creativity is about bumping into things. Unexpected things. To do that you have to get moving. When I’m writing a book, I often take my notebook or iPhone and hit the beach, wandering for hours, head down, jotting madly. The movement and waves and wind and life passing by get the words and ideas [...]
Untangling Creativity #2: Story Scrapbook
Want to make a movie or write a story but don’t have a great idea? Creativity needs to be fed. I use lots of images, music, maps, video and web tools to feed my creative flow and write my books. This year I created an app with my programmer friend, Ben Train. It’s called Story [...]
Untangling Creativity #1
Top 5 Ways to Get Your Creative Juices Flowing Hi, I’m Tristan. I write books and I come from a background in TV and film. I want to share with you some of what I have learnt about storytelling. You have stories to tell. Everyone does. The tough bit is getting them out of you and onto the page, stage [...]
Tristan Bancks – Guest blogger for 2012-13
Tristan Bancks Summer Reading Club is proud to announce that Tristan Banks will be our guest blogger this year. Tristan tells stories for the page and screen. His background is in acting and filmmaking. His short films have won a number of awards and have screened widely in festivals and on TV.Tristan [...]
