In a brief spell after
the workshops, I took a peek into the Story Centre at the
Roald Dahl Museum.
And was utterly inspired ...
What a magical place to play with words.
I quietly put the writing part of my mind to one side years ago. It returns in articles, blog posts, diaries and in the stories I tell my children, but I haven't put pen to paper to write a story for a long time.
And the Story Centre, targeted of course towards children, set my imagination going too. It made me feel that we should ALL be writing - that, just as we are all artists, we are all writers too.

Most inspiring, perhaps, was the thoughts, inspiration and processes of popular children's writers of today. As an illustrator, I often hear my insecurities saying 'what do proper illustrators do?' It feels as though I need to conform to an idea of how artists
should work. And just like artists, it turns out that every writer has their own approach. Roald Dahl set himself up in his hut every day, while JK Rowling writes somewhere different every day.
Watch this space ...
Oh - and I made a 15 frame animation for my lovely Mr Liam.