Creative writing

Do you love creative writing? Or do you hate it, but have to do it for English? Either way, at times, you might find yourself staring at a blank page and wondering what to write or how to start. Here are a few websites that might help you…

Looking for inspiration?

Writing Exercises .co.uk

http://writingexercises.co.uk

This is a great website where the real danger is in being faced with too many ideas and getting addicted to their random generators! My favourites are the Random First Line generator and the Random Character Trait Generator. One is great for getting ideas going, especially if I am doing a 5 or 10 minute warm-up writing activity. The other is good for inspiring depth to my characters.

Writer’s Digest: Creative Writing Prompts

http://www.writersdigest.com/prompts

Aside from all the other things this community offers, this website offers a weekly creative writing prompt. These are detailed enough to be used for a short story or a longer warm-up. If you don’t like this week’s prompt, you can scroll back through previous offerings for something that sparks your attention.

Quote of the month

Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.

- Philip K. Dick

Dr Seuss winners!

Another massive response to the quiz meant that 10 students answered every question correctly! Five lucky students were drawn out of a hat to win a major prize. All the other winners can come to the ILC to collect a small prize of their own

Congratulations...

Belen Coggins (7 Carroll)
Taane Mitchell (7 Carroll)
Ella Ball (7 Miki)
Daniel Duncan (9 Gonzaga)
Joseph Milledge (9 Gonzaga)

Minor prize winners:

Harrison Rolfs (7 Carroll)
Simbarahe Kamba (7 Carroll)
Daniel McInerney (8 Rubio)
Rory Quinn (8 Rubio)
Mr Mitchell (12 Garnett)

You will need to come to the ILC to collect your prizes.

Congratulations to the other students who had a go. Better luck next week!

Check out the blog again next week for a new competition and a chance to win!

Caraval by Stephanie Garber

Google like a Pro #9

Use Google as a conversion tool

You can use Google to convert all sorts of things - measurements, time, currency, and more. Type in convert from and to and it will give you the answer.
what you want to

For example: 16 inches to cm

or: 146 days to weeks

Quiz - Dr Seuss

This quiz is all about Dr Seuss books. How many did you read as a kid? Can you remember how they all start?

Yummy prizes will be awarded to the student/s with the most correct answers*.

Go to the competition

Entries close on Friday 31st of March.

Winners announced here on the first day back after the term holidays.

*The number of prizes awarded for each competition may be limited at the library's discretion.

Quote of the Month

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do.

- Mark Twain