Virtual Writer in Residence

Cathy Forde
Catherine Forde continues her series as our virtual writer in residence. Now onto the 5th episode, there's just one more month left. You can read about Cathy's tasks and watch her explaining them on her video podcasts. We'd love to see any of the work you do for any of Catherine's writing tasks. Submit your writing to teen@scottishbooktrust.com and if we like it we'll put it on our website.
 
And in March there will be a chance to enter a writing competition to win an e-book reader and a place on Scottish Book Trust's young writer mentoring scheme - to work with Catherine to develop your writing talent. 
 
 

 Task 5: Music - Video Introduction

 

 

Task 5: MUSIC

SIMPLE TASK

Take a song you know well and write new lyrics to it.

 

FUN TASKS

1.Create a playlist of songs that tell the story of your life as far back as you can remember. Maybe your teacher will make one too.

2. Pick a character from a book you have read and make him/her a playlist.

3. Produce your own ‘Inheritance Tracks’: ie Describe the one song/piece of music that has been passed on to you by your relatives. Tell the story behind it. Now pick the one song/piece of music that you would like your own children to associate with you and tell the story behind why this is the case.

 

EXTENSION TASKS

1. Take a song that you really like and summarise the story of it.

2. Turn the story of your favourite book into a song.

- Click here to read my attempt to turn my new book Fifteen Minute Bob into a song

 

IF YOU ARE REALLY CLEVER write a story in the form of a song.  

IF YOU ARE REALLY, REALLY CLEVER set it to music.

IF YOU ARE BRILLIANT perform it/record it/send it into teen@scottishbooktrust.com.

 

 

Previous tasks

  • Watch the intro and first video in the series
  • Read about the first writing task
  • Watch and read about Task 2: Characters
  • Watch Task 3: Dialogue
  • Watch Task 4: Setting

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    The 2009 Online Writer in Residence is part funded by Young Writer Trust. For more information about Young Writer Trust go to www.youngwritertrust.org. 

     

     

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    In 2008/9 We had Keith Gray, one of the UK’s finest authors for young adults, as our first virtual writer-in-residence in 2008/9. Click the links below to see some of the results of his year with us.

    Keith is the author of the Royal Mail Award-nominated new novel Ostrich Boys.