Oh, Horror!
Many of the young writers ( Year 7 & 8) who attended our Oh, Horror! masterclass on Friday contributed an excerpt from their brand new...
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- Jul 3, 2022
- 2 min
Voices for The Planet : Speculative Flash Fiction
Take a look at the prompts already available for prose or poetry Coming soon are ideas for biography/reports. We invited our director,...
- Feb 14, 2022
- 3 min
Write On Issue 57: Believe It or Not : Notes for Writers and Teachers #3
In a world where the lines between truth and fiction are often blurred, we asked young writers to tell us the truth, or lies, or...
- Dec 14, 2021
- 1 min
Fantastical Creatures: Floxmingo
(c) illustration by Yaxin Zhang, Year 8 An Introduction to the Floxmingo Written by Professor Elsie The rare floxmingo, or Phoenicopterus...
- Dec 13, 2021
- 1 min
Fantastical Creatures: Ignire Vulpes
The Ignire Vulpes (Ignite fox) Ignire Vulpes is a small fox-like creature that hides amid dark caves, waiting for its unsuspecting prey....
- Nov 21, 2021
- 2 min
Heritage: Not his brightest moment
This piece was written at a masterclass exploring past, present and future. We wrote in different tenses using a heritage photograph of...
- Nov 21, 2021
- 2 min
Heritage: History is written.
by Taylor Blackbourn, Year 9 It is a beautiful summer day and the cicadas are humming. The chatter of many voices fill the air as the sun...
- Nov 21, 2021
- 1 min
The Great Hall
by Clara Peddie, Year 8 Before Desks were cleared hastily, all the pots of ink emptied and books shoved messily into leather satchels....
- Nov 18, 2021
- 1 min
The Perfect Picture
by Jack Revolta Year 8 The sun beats down on an empty street. Shock and disbelief fills the dusty and coarse air, making it hard for me...
- Nov 17, 2021
- 1 min
Missing memories
by Zara Dyhrberg, Year 8 The wooden door clicks closed behind me and I start the walk home from work. My feet drag. Rubble is scattered...
- Nov 14, 2021
- 4 min
Raining Cats and Dogs
I discovered this queer curiosity in an expedition to the depths of a strange and foreign land, which shall remain unnamed for fear of...
- Nov 8, 2021
- 3 min
Memoir: Wildlife
Over the next month we will be sharing memoir from our writing classes, online students, and highly commended entrants in the Write On...
- Nov 5, 2021
- 3 min
Shakespeare and the Pillow
Sometimes a writing warmer results in some fabulous fun writing. The Prompt: From a book pick page 7, line 7 and word 7 ( or any other...
- Nov 4, 2021
- 1 min
Reduced to stones
Written during a Write On masterclass at The Arts Centre Te Matatiki Toi Ora, this gorgeous extract is from a longer piece of point of...
- Nov 3, 2021
- 1 min
The Photograph
This piece was written at one of our recent Heritage Festival masterclasses at The Arts Centre Te Matatiki Toi Ora. We explored writing...
- Sep 6, 2021
- 2 min
Five words Five ways - a writing prompt
Thanks to our treasured tutor, Desna, for this week's prompt. We asked for one and Desna provided 5 ways with 5 words! Anything can...
- Aug 28, 2021
- 2 min
Pocket universe – a writing prompt
A big shout out to our tutor, Claire, for this fabulous fantastical writing prompt. Pocket Universes There are pocket universes that...
- Aug 24, 2021
- 1 min
The wrong trousers- a writing prompt.
Thanks to our wonderful tutor, Sue, for this fun prompt that gives you a chance to make your character uncomfortable in more ways than...
- Aug 23, 2021
- 3 min
Challenge: Write a myth
It's Lockdown again and last time we saw so much fabulous writing because people had time to write! So, once again we'll be providing you...
- Mar 29, 2021
- 2 min
Flash Tips from Write On Tutors
Many of our Write On tutors write Flash Fiction and have been highly successful with awards and publications both in Āotearoa and...
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