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You become a good writer just as you become a good joiner: by planing down your sentences.
   -- Anatole France

Everything I do basically comes down to the love of reading and writing, inspired by the oral stories told to me by my father and the fantastical books I heard and read as a child.

While I always have several writing projects on the go, I still find time to work with children in schools. I find this keeps my ideas fresh and keeps me in touch with my audience.

I try to be inspirational in the material I use and in the delivery of my teaching, supporting this with strong visual stimuli such as story maps and drawings that both the children and teachers can use to structure their writing. I do a lot of work on character biographies and use drama to extend vocabulary. The key skill I focus on is developing independence in asking probing questions leading to creative thinking and the ownership of exciting ideas.

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