Writivism 2015 kicks off with creative writing workshop in Botswana

Botswana writer Lauri Kubuitsile and actor Donald Molosi were the folks who started off the biggest edition of Writivism 2015 with a creative writing workshop at the National Museum in Gaborone, Botswana.
Kenyans will fondly remember Lauri Kubuitsile for the period when she was in town for the 2012 of Storymoja Hay Festival. Kubitsile who is published by Kwela has a large body of work including children’s books, detective novellas, and collections of short stories for children. Molosi on the other hand is an official Ambassador for Brand Botswana and the youngest-ever recipient of the Khama Brilliant Spirit Award (2003), a prestigious Presidential award, for his contribution to the arts in Botswana.
The participants scheduled to be in the workshop included Gomolemo Morwa, Matlhogonolo Motshegwa, Sharon Tshipa, Janet Mudongo, Tshepo Bogatsu, Florence Phuti, Thato Chuma, Ofilwe Powe, Priscillar Matara, and Katlego Kol-Les. According to a blog written by Lauri Kubistile after the fact only eight of these ten attended the workshop.
Here are some tweets from some of the participants from the event which was a three-day affair;

#Writivism2015 “A short story is not a short book” –Lauri Kubuitsile on managing content and subject. #GaboroneWritivism #WritivismWorkshops

— K K Kol-Kes (@kkolkes) January 3, 2015

A gorgeous morning of discussing writing themes & authenticity. Great start #Writivism2015 #Gaborone

— Mind Magick (@angiechuma) January 2, 2015

Activities such as developing a scene from a time & place we randomly picked from envelopes was so exciting #Writivism2015 #day2 #Gaborone

— Mind Magick (@angiechuma) January 3, 2015

what an amazing three days this has been! I learned so much and such workshops are great anchors on how to be a better writer #writivism2015

— Mind Magick (@angiechuma) January 4, 2015

I have always been thirsty for constructive criticism coz i’m the only one who ‘edits’ my work..lol.Other voices are essential #perspective

— Mind Magick (@angiechuma) January 4, 2015

Day 2 was about First lines, Endings and Setting. The exercises we did helped us put things into pespective #Writivism2015

— Matty (@Motshegwa_M) January 3, 2015

Day one of the #Writivism2015 went very well. I learnt a lot! Tomorrow is yet another interesting day!

— Matty (@Motshegwa_M) January 2, 2015

The next #writivism2015 activity will be the Lagos workshop on Jan 16-18 facilitated by Dami Ajayi, Richard Ali and Ukamaka Olisakwe.