Workshop creative writing

SPAMTASTIC

London

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Aim: develop creativity and storytelling techniques

Target: The course is offered to three age groups: children, teenagers or adults

Resources: multimedia presentation, activities and exercises
Module 1: 12 hours

Facilitator: J. Lobato is a writer with eight books published and 11 years of experience as a workshop
facilitator. He has a Masters (MPhil) from the University of Cambridge, which awarded him a scholarship,
focused on literature and social movements and was a research student at the University of Bristol,
writing a thesis on literary narratives that was later published as a book. Parallel to his writing career,
Lobato is a successful researcher who has led projects and done consultancies for UNICEF, The World
Bank, USAID and other international organisations. In the past years he has been specialising on
research on mental health.
Overview: This course is based on a simple premise: writing is more than putting thoughts into words, it
is a creative act in itself. Sometimes when you type or put a pen on the paper, something you were not
aware of, something you didn’t plan to write, comes up. But how often this creative act can be? And how
can this source of creativity be channelled in the development of stories, ideas or even insights?

Methodology: The course is divided into two complementary parts. In the first, participants are invited to
explore their creativity through a range structured, clearly defined activities, including reflection,
discussions, individual or group writing, reading and roleplaying. Participants are free to use the
approaches they feel more comfortable with but are gently encouraged to try new ones. In the second
part, they will work with the building blocks of storytelling: character, setting and plot.

Example of Previous Achievement:
 A group of children and teenagers from unprivileged background (most of whom were living on
the streets) supported by a charity in Brazil wrote and self-published two small books launched in
a national bookshop
 Students of English as a second language aged 10 to 12 in Burma wrote and published two
Kindle books
 Several authors had their first book published after a one-to-one mentoring, like, for example,
Heike Brandt (Yoga para Crianças), Paula Fernandes (Viagem sentimental ao Japão), and Flávio
Migliano (Reflexões)

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  Why Creative Writing for people with ASD? This course has been offered to people from a range of
  backgrounds with incredible results. While guided by the learning outcomes, the classes are shaped by
  the participants themselves, who are free to design it according to their interest, needs and strengths.
  While not a therapy, the course is structured around SPELL framework, and the visual content follows a
  graphic designer guideline for people with ASD (designmantic.com/community/designing-for-autistic)

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