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Birkbeck Creative Writing Project Gill Sharp Specialist Institutions Careers Service The Careers Group University of London “Up through the lubber crust of Wales”
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Foreword “No man but a blockhead ever wrote, except for money” To engage a number of hard to reach students To plug a gap in LMI and … …To focus on issues relevant to career changers / mature graduates To create a body of work that could be rolled out in other contexts To use technology creatively
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Preface: “First catch your hare….” Engaged in one or more branches of writing Mature At least one previous or parallel career Witty, willing ……and warm
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Dramatis Personae “What hempen homespuns have we swaggering here?” Mark J: Ex copywriter, now freelance journalist, part time playwright and would be novelist Michael H:TEFL teacher, trying to break in to film script writing Sarah C: Ex journalist, now a copywriter Jon M: Poet working in academia and researching a PhD. Co-runs a publishing company
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Chapter 4: The Plot Thickens “Persons attempting to find a motive in this narrative will be prosecuted” “What’s my motivation?” How to get the students involved and engaged What did they want to know? What did they need to know?
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Chapter 5: In Which We Add Some Dialogue “Them that asks no questions isn’t told a lie” “I haven’t done anything very exciting really” “I’m sure they won’t want to hear about me” “Do you think we’ll have enough to talk about?” “I’m only just starting out…”
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Chapter 6: Denouement “Ignorance is like a delicate exotic fruit; touch it and the bloom is gone.” My mistake Dude, where’s my hardware? Upload, download, overload Moral: never mess with computers – they know more than you do.
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Chapter 7: Epilogue “Sadder and wiser” I got by with a little help from my friends Time is on our side Hindsight is always 20/20 All’s well that ends well
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The Answers “Up through the lubber crust of Wales” – Once Below A Time, Dylan Thomas (1914 – 1953) “No man but a blockhead ever wrote, except for money” – Boswell: A Life, Samuel Johnson (1709 – 1784) “First catch your hare….” - Mrs Beeton’s Book of Household Management, Isabella Beeton, (1836 – 1865) “What hempen homespuns have we swaggering here?” - William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’sDream (1564 – 1616) “Persons attempting to find a motive in this narrative will be prosecuted” - Notice: By Order Of The Author, Mark Twain (1835 – 1910) “Them that asks no questions isn’t told a lie” – A Smugglers’ Song, Rudyard Kipling (1865 – 1936) “Ignorance is like a delicate exotic fruit; touch it and the bloom is gone” – The Importance Of Being Earnest, Oscar Wilde (1854 – 1900) “Sadder and wiser” – The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772 – 1834) Bonus points: final slide 1. “I (get) by with a little help from my friends” – John Lennon (1940 – 1980) and Paul McCartney( 1942 – 2. “Time is on our side” – William Ewart Gladstone (1809 – 1898 ) and subsequently misquoted by Mick Jagger (1943 -) and Keith Richards (1943-), amongst many others 3. “Hindsight is always 20/20” - Billy Wilder (1906 – 2002) 4. “All’s well that ends well” - William Shakespeare (again)
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