Literacy Lives: Creative Writing

Aston Hall boasts of a vicious first owner, at least two ghosts, a disinherited son a possible secret passage and a sinister hole in the stairs: rich material for the budding writer.

Lit pic1.jpg (54855 bytes) The walls speak! Enthusiasm brims over as this group tries to find enough descriptive words for the glowing panelling, intricate carving and the overall feel of age.

Sir Thomas writes his autobiography! His portrait is brought to life. Were the clothes comfortable? Which words best describe his movements in them? How did they make Sir Thomas feel?

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Lit pic3.jpg (61892 bytes) Elizabeth’s story. A marriage, a quarrel and the debtor’s prison. A love story or a thriller?

These sessions were organised by Ailyse Hancock, Schools Liaison, Aston Hall.

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