Creative Writing
Sgrìobhadh Cruthachail
As well as reading stories in Gaelic, it is also good practice to write and use our language skills in a creative way.
Take another look at the excerpt from the short story Droch Àm dhen Bliadhna (16.3).
What do you think happened next?
See if you can write an ending for the story in a few sentences.
And if you'd like to read more of the story, there is another passage on 16B Duilleag Obrach .
It's worth doing a little writing every day!
You only need to do five minutes.
You can find inspiration from a book, from the internet, from your own life or imagination—from anything!
You'll be familiar with this saying now:
Nì clachan beaga tric càrn mòr uaireigin!
Many a mickle makes a muckle [mony a pickle maks a puckle] (literally "lots of little stones make a big pile eventually!")
But do you know this one?
Chan ann leis a’ chiad bhuille a thuiteas a’ chraobh.
Rome wasn't built in a day (literally "it is not with the first strike that the tree will fall")
Siuthad! Cùm ort!