HEIDS UP - Fleming, Mark

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Résumé :
Neil Renton and Mark Fleming met through The Changing Room, a 12-week support program run by Scottish Action for Mental Health. The Changing Room was pioneered at Hibernian FC in Edinburgh before similar sessions were rolled out across many other senior Scottish football clubs. Attending these drop-ins, Neil and Mark discovered a shared interest in creative writing, both admitting they found this activity inspirational and therapeutic. This led to them bouncing ideas off each other, initiating fiction writing via simple prompts. They took turns sending each other song titles randomly selected from their phone playlists. These prompts became the spark to construct a short story. This exercise proved to be cathartic, giving both ideas for plots, characters, and settings. If 'writers block' ever set in, the next selection of songs would be requested! Taking this a step further, they began not only crafting new pieces inspired by these random songs, but also digging into their respective back catalogues of fiction, revamping older stories. As well as stories, many containing semi-autobiographical elements, they wrote essays about how their musical tastes have benefited their wellbeing. Finally, they interviewed each other about their respective mental health journeys, transforming sometimes harrowing flashbacks into poignant memoirs. HEIDS UP is the result: a collection of flash fiction, longer short stories, essays on musical appreciation, and descriptions of lived mental health experiences. This book will resonate with anyone who has faced issues of their own, directly or indirectly. Crucially, HEIDS UP does not represent the conclusion of Neil and Mark's collaboration. It is the start....

Biographie:
disturbing, often hilarious, always life-affirming. These powerful stories will resonate. Stories and memoirs that will entertain, enlighten and occasionally shock. These lads are the real deal. IAN RANKIN Tough, tender and crackling with energy, these stories take you through the highs and lows of everyday existence. Refreshing, open-hearted, with just enough bite. ALAN BISSETT Gripping, visceral snatches of explosive emotion. Totally wired writing. TOMMY MACKAY Containing over 50 pieces of vibrant fiction and non-fiction, Heids Up will resonate with anyone who has faced issues of their own, directly or indirectly. Launched by Scottish Action for Mental Health, The Changing Room runs in partnership with over 20 senior football clubs across Scotland. Aimed at the demographic least likely to address issues - men in their 'middle years' - the programme was pioneered at Hibernian FC in Edinburgh in April 2018 and was so successful a similar programme was rolled out at Heart of Midlothian FC six months later (and endorsed by longstanding mental health advocate, Prince William). The Changing Room now encourages adults of all ages to share stories in a confidential space. ...

Sommaire:
Edinburgh writers Neil Renton and Mark Fleming met at a support group run by Scottish Action for Mental Health. As well as overlapping musical tastes, Oasis to Underworld, they discovered both used creative writing to maintain wellbeing and document times they had struggled. This inspired them to collaborate on an anthology. In Heids Up, fiction, memoirs, and essays weave a tapestry of share human experience...