DistingtonCommunity School
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Local Author Visit- Helen Haraldsen
Helen Haraldsen is a children's author, English teacher and a former school librarian. She is also known as the 'The Writer in Wellies'.
During Helen's visit to our school, we learnt all about the behind-the-scenes work involved in taking a story from first draft to a published book. We discovered all the stages a story goes through, in order to be 'publication ready'. We even got an opportunity to edit and revise some pages out of Helen's current book that she is writing.
Seeing a real person speak openly about the ups and downs of their writing career allowed us to raise our aspirations and realise that achieving goals is possible to anyone willing to put in the work, wherever they're from and whatever their strengths and weaknesses are.
Helen emphasised the importance of self-motivation, discipline and perseverance: traits that help us succeed in our education and lives.
