Creative Writing

Arts Council England generously funded a series of arts "Studios" for the Armenian Institute during the (first) Covid period. Through the magic of Zoom, we were able to gather students from Istanbul, France, the US as well as around the UK with workshops on animation, storytelling, dance, music and creative writing.  Director and actor, Jelena Budimir was our wonderfully supportive writing tutor, giving us a series of exercises to carry out, aimed at improving our skills and prompting ideas to explore.  This short selection shows the range of responses to the challenges set by Jelena.  Each person tried every exercise and all enjoyed listening to the work done within the group.  Inspired by Jelena, we hope to continue with a creative writing group in the near future. 

  • Intro - Jelena

  • Nouritza 00.53 - 11.22

  • Jelena    11.23.-11.45

  • Stephen 11.46 =12.59

  • Jelena    13.00 - 13.16

  • Sara     13.17 - 21.40

  • Jelena    21.41 - 21.55

  • Tatevik   21.56 - 23.27

  • Jelena    23.28 - 23.33

  • Susan     23.34 - 25.18

  • Jelena     25.19 - 25.31 

  • Karen     25.31 - 34.59

  • Jelena     35 - 35.02

Susan Pattie’s storyboards

Steven Master’s storyboards