Springboards: a Creative Writing Manual for Beginners through to Facilitators

by Mary Farrell

Springboards by Mary Farrell is a useful text for beginning writers, those with writer’s block, writers in need of a push, and creative writing facilitators. The road-tested and roadworthy prompts provided in this manual are carefully selected from the author’s own experience of supervising and attending writing workshops.
- Dr Frank Sewell, Writer and Translator, Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing and Irish Literature in English at Ulster University, Northern Ireland.
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Do you suffer from writer’s block? Never again! Here is a wonderful source, brimming with ideas for individuals, groups and facilitators. Anyone searching for a new approach or wishing to try out new techniques will find inspiration in this cornucopia of prompts and exercises.
- Kate Murphy, Amherst Writers and Artists Trained Facilitator, Co- Odinator of Portrush Writers Group
"This book gives straight forward, down to earth, practical, invaluable advice to Creative Writing facilitators and indeed anyone interested in the writing process."
- Maureen Dunseath , Facilitator of Foyle u3a Creative Writers Group

Springboards is a facilitator's dream; clear lesson plans which follow a logical pattern, with theory, examples, exercises, and follow-on activities. It covers a wide range of aspects about writing, and each chapter is self-contained
As a facilitator, Springboards is the book I've been looking for, providing a wealth of material, laid out in an accessible format.
- Brid McGinley, Writing Facilitator of Wednesday Zoomers, Co Donegal, Ireland

256 pages, Paperback

Published October 7, 2022